About Vlad Shmunis
Vlad Shmunis serves as a related founder for Ship, a friends-powered dating app that launched in 2019 and is based in New York. Ship has carved out a distinctive position in the crowded dating app market by introducing group-based swiping mechanics that allow users' social circles to actively participate in finding matches, transforming the traditionally solitary experience of online dating into a collaborative activity among friends.
Shmunis brings substantial entrepreneurial credibility to Ship through his role as founder and former CEO of RingCentral, a cloud-based communications platform that he built into a publicly traded company. Under his leadership, RingCentral grew from a startup concept into a major enterprise communications provider, ultimately scaling to a multi-billion dollar valuation and establishing itself as a leader in the unified communications as a service sector.
His expertise spans building consumer-facing technology platforms at scale, enterprise software development, and navigating companies through hypergrowth phases and public market transitions. Shmunis represents a powerhouse in the tech industry whose experience scaling communications infrastructure and understanding network effects positions him to guide Ship's unique approach to social discovery and relationship formation in the competitive dating app landscape.