Haim Schoppik

Haim Schoppik held a highly versatile, technically dynamic background in early web programming and rapid application development. Honed during his time hacking alongside his early co-founders at New York University, his deeply specialized background in scripting languages and functional backend development provided the exact technical foundation required to construct Etsy's initial server infrastructure within a matter of months.

Haim Schoppik was a web developer who met Robert Kalin through GetCrafty.com. He left NYU before graduating to build Etsy full-time. Along with Chris Maguire, he handled the software development and technical infrastructure while Kalin focused on vision and community. Schoppik and Maguire's departure in August 2008 marked the end of the original technical team. In their farewell blog post, they wrote: 'The last three years have undoubtedly been the longest and most eventful of our lives. We'd like to thank each and every one of you for enabling us to build Etsy into what it is today.' After Etsy, he joined Waffl as CTO. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).