Craig Miller

Staircase Ventures Advisor and
Former CPO, CMO, Shopify

Craig joined Shopify in September 2011 and grew its customer base from 15K to over 1 M businesses. He oversew Product, UX, Growth, Marketing, and Communications.

Craig Miller was an early employee at Shopify, initially Chief Marketing Officer and then Chief Product Officer. He helped grow the company from 15k to over 1 million business customers and take the company public on the NYSE. When he left Shopify in 2020, it was Canada’s largest public company.

Before joining Shopify, Craig led Product and Marketing at Kijiji.ca and helped grow it to become one of the most visited websites in Canada.  He then worked with the European Kijiji business to accelerate their growth and monetization.

Craig holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from McGill University.  Craig has a young son and is passionate about fighting climate change.  He also loves learning about astronomy and film production.

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Janet Bannister

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Madison Wright

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Mike Wessinger

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Craig Miller

Staircase Ventures Advisor and
Former CPO, CMO, Shopify

Ahmed Khaishgi

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Kristen Hamilton

Staircase Ventures Advisor and
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Angelo Papatheodorou

Staircase Ventures Advisor and
Former SVP Sales, PointClickCare

Manoj Verma

Staircase Ventures Advisor and
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Mike Shaver

Staircase Ventures Advisor and
Distinguished Engineer, Shopify

David Belbeck

Staircase Ventures Advisor and
Former CFO at PointClickCare