Chief technology officer Leinwand leaving Shopify

Shopify Inc. says chief technology officer Allan Leinwand will be departing the company, with chief executive Tobi Lütke to take on some of his responsibilities. In a statement from Leinwand provided by the Ottawa-based e-commerce giant, he says he is leaving for a “personal reason.” Leinwand, once a senior vice-president of engineering at Slack, spent18 months at Shopify, taking over from Jean-Michel Lemieux, who left in 2021. A statement from Harley Finkelstein, Shopify’s president, says company founder Lütke will now oversee research and development.