A leader's job is to create more leaders

Each week, we profile one of Ireland’s foremost corporate leaders, tracing their career to date and exploring the lessons they have learned along the way. This week, we meet Roy Sunstrum of Shopify

Roy Sunstrum, director of customer support with the Canadian e-commerce company Shopify

Roy Sunstrum is director of customer support with Shopify, the Canadian e-commerce company that recently announced plans to create 50 jobs at a new customer service centre in Galway. Shopify’s cloud-based platform is used by 165,000 retailers in 150 countries. Based in Ottawa in southeastern Canada, Sunstrum manages 200 people, including frontline agents and back-office staff. He holds an Executive MBA from Queen’s University in Canada, and is an active angel investor.

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