Former CTO of Toronto-Based Top Hat, Globalive Technology, and TouchBistro to enhance product capabilities and unlock growth for multi-vendor marketplace platform

Nautical Commerce, the complete multi-vendor marketplace platform, has brought on Bhavin Shah as its first Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this dual-role, Shah will lead product development and operations with a focus on expanding the team and providing an industry leading customer experience and accelerated product innovation. Shah will report directly to Nautical CEO, Ryan Lee.

Shah is a power-player CTO with an extensive background in high-growth startups and scaling technology companies. Shah joins Nautical from Top Hat, a leading education technology software provider where he was CTO leading a 100 person software development team. A computer engineer by trade, Shah started his first company while he was a student at the University of Toronto. He then ventured into the telecommunications space at Globalive Communications where he led Engineering and supported the launch of Canada’s fourth largest carrier Freedom Mobile. Shah took his startup experience to restaurant point-of-sale product company, TouchBistro, as their first Chief Technology Officer. While at TouchBistro, he grew the company from under 20 to over 400 employees through their Series A to D fundraises.

“We are incredibly excited to have Bhavin join Nautical Commerce. He has a reputation for rapidly scaling technology teams with an outstanding track record for success,” says Lee. “We are confident that Nautical’s multi-vendor marketplace platform capabilities will continue to accelerate under Bhavin’s leadership.” 

Nautical provides retailers, brands, B2B companies, and entrepreneurs the technology to launch a complete marketplace in days, quickly increasing customer reach without the cost of custom software. To date, Nautical has saved each of its customers on average six to seven figures in development costs and has launched each marketplace within 90 days. 

“I am excited to join the Nautical team on the journey to democratize marketplace technology. At Nautical, the product alignment to the customer and the path to significant growth is clear. The team has some of the best and brightest in commerce, fintech, and logistics, and I look forward to working with them to bring elegant solutions to the rapidly evolving marketplace space.” says Shah. 

Nautical is dedicated to making marketplace technology accessible to everyone - from entrepreneurs to enterprises. The Nautical team continues to grow their engineering and product arms in New York City and Toronto. If you’re interested in joining the team, you can find open positions here.