# Manish Gupta

> Manish Gupta is the Executive Vice President of Engineering at Coinbase, with a career history in software engineering and a masters in Computer Science.

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**Manish Gupta** is an Executive Vice President of Engineering at [Coinbase](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinbase), a centralized exchange (CEX) platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing [cryptocurrencies](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency). He started his career as a software engineer and eventually advanced to executive roles, overseeing entire engineering departments within various companies. [\[1\]](#cite-id-amw2jdyttz7)[\[2\]](#cite-id-d6wfpz5my6j)  
  
  
# Education  
  
Manish Gupta completed his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Engineering at the University of Mumbai in 1997. Following the completion of his undergraduate studies, he earned a Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1999. [\[3\]](#cite-id-g8q19xavcw8)  
  
# Career  
  
Manish Gupta's professional career started at Microsoft, where he served as a Summer Intern for 4 months, from May 1998 to August 1998 in Redmond, WA. During this time, he played a role in shaping communication services provided by Windows CE. [\[4\]](#cite-id-4sf2hm03qg6)  
  
Following this, Manish joined Excite@Home as a Software Engineer, where he worked for 2 years, from 2000 to 2002 in Redwood City, CA. His team created Surepay, a geographically distributed B2B/B2C platform, and Manish served as a team lead, contributing to various aspects of the platform. [\[4\]](#cite-id-4sf2hm03qg6)  
  
## Google  
  
His career at Google started in 2002, where he held the position of Senior Software Engineer for 3 years, until 2005, in Mountain View, CA. During this time, he was instrumental in building the billing and payments platform, ensuring it adhered to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. [\[4\]](#cite-id-4sf2hm03qg6)  
  
From 2005 to 2009, Manish continued his journey at Google as a Staff Software Engineer for 4 years in Mountain View, CA. He founded and led a team responsible for Google Display Advertiser experience, making significant contributions to the development of various advertising tools and systems. [\[4\]](#cite-id-4sf2hm03qg6)  
  
He then proceeded to assumed the role of Director of Engineering for 5 years, from 2012 to 2017, in Mountain View, CA. During this time, he led the core aspects of AdWords application, including Campaign Management and Account Management, and played a pivotal role in the complete rewrite of AdWords Frontend and API. [\[4\]](#cite-id-4sf2hm03qg6)  
  
In his last year at Google, from 2017 to 2018, he became the Vice President of Engineering, focusing on Google's Advertiser Platform, and launching the new AdWords UI. [\[4\]](#cite-id-4sf2hm03qg6)  
  
## Lyft  
  
In 2018, he joined Lyft as the VP Engineering for 2 years, focusing on leading engineering teams responsible for the rideshare product, driver and rider apps, payments, identity, risk, safety, support, insurance, and enterprise solutions. [\[4\]](#cite-id-4sf2hm03qg6)  
  
## Coinbase  
  
Since August 2020, Manish Gupta has been working at [Coinbase](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinbase), serving as the Executive Vice President of Engineering. His role involves leading engineering teams and contributing to the company's growth and success. [\[4\]](#cite-id-4sf2hm03qg6)[\[5\]](#cite-id-4kjwo49g9ng)  
  
> "Aside from his exceptional engineering experience, Manish impressed us with his positive energy, clear communication, great questions, and passion for the mission and opportunity we have as a company. We look forward to working alongside Manish to build a more open financial system." - [Brian Armstrong](https://iq.wiki/wiki/brian-armstrong), CEO  
  
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