HenrySpringer.

Operator · Builder · AI-Native

I grew up in Maine, headed west to study at CU Boulder, then jumped straight into startup life. I joined Notion as employee #8 — a TechStars-backed smart home startup that was later acquired by Comcast. From there I spent five years building and eventually selling Basis Hydration — a DTC brand I grew from scratch to $1M in sales before it was acquired.

That experience led me to Shopify, where I've spent the last three years building operational systems and AI-powered tooling for one of the fastest-growing revenue organizations in tech.

Outside of work I'm a husband and dad to a family of five. I love spending time with my family, getting out on the golf course when I can, and catching up with friends.

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Experience

Where I've worked.

Shopify

2025 – Present

Systems Architecture Lead, Sales Compensation

Player/coach role owning end-to-end incentive compensation — design, implementation, and ongoing management — across a 1,000+ person revenue organization. Led overhaul of compensation design from a booked-revenue to a dynamic billed-revenue system. Selected for Shopify's annual Builders Club, recognizing the top 100 leaders in the revenue org.

Shopify

2023 – 2025

Resource Planning & Strategy Lead

Built the resource planning function from the ground up, partnering with the CRO and senior leadership on annual strategic planning to ensure the right headcount was in the right places to achieve revenue growth goals.

Shopify

2022 – 2023

Product Revenue Operations Lead

Drove revenue reporting and optimization across Payments, Capital, and Installments — including target setting for the self-serve Payments business processing $25B+ quarterly and the launch of Shopify Payments in France, generating $1B+ in new business.

Basis Hydration

2017 – 2022

Co-Founder & CEO (Acquired by Creatd)

Founded DTC hydration brand, grew to $1M in sales, and exited via acquisition. Self-taught paid media, raised $900K in financing, and launched in 300+ retailers including Whole Foods and Kroger.

Notion

2015 – 2017

Growth Marketing Manager (Acquired by Comcast)

Joined as employee #8. Automated CEO/Board KPI reporting and more than doubled the email list to 13,000+ subscribers through systematic A/B testing.

Sovrn

2013 – 2015

Operations & Data Analyst

Headed sales and marketing analytics supporting $200K daily revenue. Self-taught Salesforce Admin managing forecasts across 20,000+ publishers.

Projects

Tools I've built.

01 Compensation · AI · Full-Stack

Compensation Audit Platform

Full-stack AI web application for Shopify's 2026 compensation rollout. Features automated flagging, Slack integration, messaging, and database management — eliminating manual audit toil and removing the need to backfill headcount.

02 Recruiting · AI · Assessment

AI-Native Hiring Tool

Built for Shopify's revenue org to identify AI-native sales talent. Uses unique interview tactics and AI analysis of candidate outputs to surface candidates with genuine AI fluency — not just familiarity.

03 Planning · Forecasting · Operations

Blueprint Headcount Planner

Original headcount planning system for Shopify's revenue org. Mapped all roles needed to run a commercial organization and built forecasting tools to model sales capacity and inform recruiter planning and financial forecasts.

04 Personal Finance · Open Source

Family Financial PlannerNew

Single-file HTML financial planner I built for my own household and open-sourced. All data stays in your browser. Designed to be personalized by an AI agent: hand it your statements and it adapts the code to your accounts.

Try it → Repo ↗

HenrySpringer.

Where I've worked.

Tools I've built.

Compensation Audit Platform

AI-Native Hiring Tool

Blueprint Headcount Planner

Family Financial PlannerNew

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