Summary
Keir Whitaker is a seasoned marketing strategist and business consultant with 14 years of experience specialising in the Shopify Partner ecosystem, helping agencies and app makers clarify messaging, reconnect with customers, and get unstuck. He combines deep product and community knowledge from senior roles at Shopify with hands-on founder experience running events, curating peer networks (Craft+Work, De:brief) and occasional freelance web development. Keir also invests in Shopify-focused tooling like Smart Notifications, bringing operator-level empathy for merchant workflows to his advisory work. Based in Bath, UK, he’s as comfortable crafting experiential event strategies as he is debugging front-end details—an asset when positioning technical products to non-technical buyers. Colleagues describe him as a practical strategist who surfaces contrarian perspectives that lead to tangible growth.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BA Communications and Sociology, BA Communications and Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London
English, French