Founder · Product Leader · AI Strategist

Ferhan Patel

Also known as Fer Patel

Founder and product leader. Currently VP of AI Strategy & Innovation at Skipio.

Ferhan Patel has spent more than fifteen years building software companies and the products inside them. He started in financial technology, where he co-founded PaymentRails (now Trolley) and served as Chief Product Officer, building cross-border payout infrastructure for the internet economy.

In 2020 he founded GHL Experts, a consultancy that grew to support more than 4,000 marketing agencies on the HighLevel platform. He led the company through its acquisition by Extendly, then joined HighLevel as Director of Special Projects & AI.

Today he leads AI strategy and innovation at Skipio, and builds and teaches AI through AI Unleashed. His work has been recognized as a Top 20 AI in Marketing Champion and a Gold SaaSPreneur winner. Earlier in his career, his fintech ventures took honors at the Payments Canada FinTech Cup, the Benzinga Fintech Awards and Finance Montreal's startup pitch competition.

Ferhan holds a Master of Business Administration from the Ivey Business School at Western University.

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