Kiran Patel
Shutterstock Director of Engineering
New York
A proven engineering leader, Kiran is an experienced technologist and has years of experience in leading teams and product development in consumer and enterprise space. Kiran has worked at companies ranging from small and innovative startups to fortune 500 companies and has received multiple prestigious excellence awards for his work. He is also helping in an advisory role to few startups in New York and Washington DC.
Currently an Engineering Director at Shutterstock, Kiran oversees much of the core e-commerce and enterprise products development and engineering operations including technology vision and strategies.
Kiran has managed many cross-functional teams and has hired, mentored and developed many successful engineers. Kiran believes that great product exist at the intersection of great idea, intuitive design, great attention to detail and the technical excellence.