Roy Simkhay

Roy Simkhay is an experienced product leader currently serving as VP Product at Zillow since November 2022, focused on creating Zillow 2 to enhance user empowerment in real estate. Prior to this, Roy held the position of VP Product at Petal from June 2020 to September 2022, contributing to the mission of providing accessible credit. Roy's expertise also includes serving as SVP Product and Strategy at Better.com, where efforts concentrated on simplifying the mortgage process, and co-founding and leading Opticlose as CEO, aiming to optimize sales team operations. Additional roles include VP of Product Management at Patch.com, Director of Product Management for Hulu at NBC, Senior Product Manager at Ask.com under IAC, and Program Manager for Excel at Microsoft. Roy holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.