# Guillaume Verdier

> Engineering leader at Google in Zurich, heading Shopping Partner Engineering: 33 people across Europe, the US and Asia. Mechanical engineer and London Business School graduate who learned to code out of passion, grew from an entry-level role through five promotions, and works on e-commerce, agentic commerce and AI transformation.

French version: https://ptiper.com/fr/. German version: https://ptiper.com/de/

## Today

I lead Shopping Partner Engineering at Google: a global organization of 33 people, managers and engineers, across Europe, the US and Asia. We look after the technical success of Google's e-commerce API ecosystem, used by millions of merchants, from global retailers to e-commerce platforms.

In industry terms, that is partner and solutions engineering, close to what is now called forward-deployed engineering (FDE): I was an FDE before it was cool, and now I lead them. I advise partners up to C-level and spend much of my time coaching people and growing leaders.

I also stay hands-on. I build AI prototypes and AI-powered e-commerce demos with [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/), [WebMCP](https://webmachinelearning.github.io/webmcp/) and A2A, work on agentic commerce protocols such as [UCP](https://ucp.dev/), the Universal Commerce Protocol, and have trained 300+ engineers on AI tools. AI transformation, in e-commerce and well beyond it, is a topic I care a lot about.

## Highlights

- Grew from an entry-level individual contributor to global head of an engineering organization, through five promotions and 11 roles in Dublin, London and Zurich.
- Top 4% at Google ("Transformative Impact") in each of the last two years as a senior manager, and several times before.
- Set the 3-year technical strategy for Google's merchant ecosystem, influencing product and engineering roadmaps at VP and CEO level.
- Turned around struggling teams through coaching and reorganization, and backfilled 40% attrition within a quarter with no drop in service.
- Led the technical launch of [Buy on Google](https://www.blogdumoderateur.com/google-shopping-actions-acheter-avec-google/) in France with launch partners such as Carrefour, and built the support team from scratch (10 engineers).
- Led the integration strategy for e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, WooCommerce and PrestaShop, contributing to a 50% year-over-year increase in new merchants.
- First European hire after Google acquired [Channel Intelligence](https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/06/google-acquires-channel-intelligence-to-boost-product-recommendations-and-e-commer-with-users/): scaled EMEA operations from 1 to 12 people and reached $20M in first-year ad spend.

## Path

I'm a mechanical engineer by training ([ICAM](https://www.icam.fr/), France) and went on to [London Business School](https://www.london.edu/) for a master's in management. I learned to code on the side, out of passion, and it became my job. Before Google, I was an early employee at [Rangespan](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27261504), a London start-up later acquired by Google.

I joined Google in 2011 in Dublin, moved to London, and have been in Zurich since 2018. Home has also been France, Brazil, Canada and the US. I work in French and English, also speak German (B1), and hold a Swiss C permit. Outside work, it's cycling, mountains, photography, video games and good food: everything you see in my logo. Most importantly, I'm a dad.

## Let's talk

I'm open to all kinds of conversations. Topics I especially enjoy:

- e-commerce and agentic commerce
- AI-powered shopping
- AI transformation, beyond e-commerce too
- engineering leadership and coaching
- side projects

A coffee in Zurich, a call, an idea, a project or an opportunity: just say hello.

## Contact

- [Contact form](https://ptiper.com/#contact): send a message directly from the website
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guillaumeverdier/)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/ptiper)

Updated 2026-10-14.