Conference:  Transform X 2022

Authors: Mike Fisher, Alexandr Wang

2022-10-19

Mike Fisher, Chief Technology Officer of Etsy, will join Scale CEO Alexandr Wang for a fireside chat. Etsy’s systems process over 6 billion events each day. Etsy’s platform was originally created to link creators of unique items with people wanting to buy these one-of-a-kind pieces. In this fireside chat, Fisher discusses scaling the Etsy platform to support over 100 million buyers and 5 million sellers using machine learning. Fisher also discusses how the company has rebuilt many of its search engine capabilities with more intelligent algorithms to provide more accurate recommendations. Learn how Etsy addresses long-term product and content issues and how the company built a strong DevOps and engineering culture that encourages experimentation. Before joining Etsy, Fisher served as a captain and pilot in the U.S. Army, was a Vice President at PayPal, and had several technology leadership roles at GE.