#384 Manish Gupta, EVP Engineering at Coinbase - Increasing Economic Freedom in the World

Today we’re talking to Manish Gupta, EVP of Engineering at Coinbase. And we discuss Coinbase’s mission to increase economic freedom in the world. Building the infrastructure to support future innovation in crypto, and exciting future use cases for blockchain. 

All of this, right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

To learn more about Coinbase, check them out at https://www.coinbase.com

About Manish Gupta:

Manish recently joined Coinbase and leads the engineering team there. Before this, he worked at Lyft as Vice President Of Engineering with the rideshare engineering teams including Rider, Driver, Marketplace and previously worked with platform engineering teams like Payments, Identity, Support. Prior to this he worked at Google for 16 years, most recently with the team responsible for Google Ads’ buy-side platform. At Google, he also helped build AdSense for TV, Video and Display Ads, and the billing and payments system for advertisers and publishers. He joined Google in 2002 from Excite@Home where he developed online payment gateways. A native of Mumbai, India, Manish has a Masters in Computer Science from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

About Coinbase:

Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.