Francis Shanahan headshot

Hey, I'm Francis

CTO, Peloton Interactive

I'm an engineer, author, ultrarunner, artist and musician. I enjoy building things that enhance Human Experience. My pronouns are he/him. Thanks for stopping by!

Occasionally, I write things down

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Peloton Interactive

As CTO I lead all of Engineering at Peloton Interactive. You can find me on the Leaderboard as "CardioVeep".

My teams imagine, build and support everything across Peloton's software and hardware ecosystem — Connected Fitness (Tread, Bike, Row, Guide and beyond), our apps, and our platform.

We are committed to putting the highest quality experience out there for our members and it's a privilege to serve the Peloton community. #togetherWeGoFar.

Cody Rigsby
Nike, Audible and Amazon

My path

I've been working in software for over 28 years. My background is in computer science and I'll always be a coder at heart. I have been fortunate to work at some iconic brands with really interesting problems at global scale. Most recently I led engineering for the SNKRS brand within Nike Digital and prior to that I spent 8 years at Audible in Amazon.

Ultra Running

I love running as a past time and enjoy the occasional race on the trails or in the mountains. In 2018 I finished Leadville in 28 hours 32 minutes. Here's a photo from the course.

Leadville Colorado