Rafe Colburn

Rafe Colburn is currently the Chief Technology & Product Officer at Depop, having joined the company in 2022.1 He is responsible for Depop's product and design function, driving the vision for the platform's end-to-end user experience while building a high-performing product organization.1

Prior to his role at Depop, Rafe had an extensive career at Etsy, where he served as Vice President of Engineering from 2019 to 2021.3 During his time at Etsy, he was responsible for various teams including Ads, Fulfilment, Seller Experience, MarTech, and Landing Experience.1 He also established Etsy's Data Engineering team and oversaw Payments, Checkout, Compliance, International, and Member Services/Trust & Safety engineering.1

Rafe's career in technology spans over two decades, including roles such as:

• Principal Engineer at IDology, where he worked on identity verification and knowledge-based authentication services3
• Director of Technology at hesketh.com, managing a team of developers and designers3
• Senior Software Engineer at the National eXtension Initiative, leading Ruby on Rails projects3
• Senior Internet Developer at Borland3

Rafe has been working on web applications since the mid-1990s and is the author of several books on web development.1 He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Management Information Systems from the University of Houston.3

Throughout his career, Rafe has demonstrated expertise in engineering management, product development, and scaling technology platforms for high-growth companies.23