John Kilpatrick
Council Member

John Kilpatrick

VP, Head of Product Design
at
Chime

John Kilpatrick is the Vice President and Head of Product Design at Chime, where he leads a multidisciplinary design organization dedicated to helping everyday Americans build healthier financial lives. He is focused on shaping the future of consumer fintech through AI-powered experiences and enterprise AI transformation, creating products that make money management simpler, more accessible, and more empowering.

Throughout his career, John has led product, design, and innovation teams at Chime, Meta, Amazon, Samsung, PayPal, and Venmo. He was also the founder and CEO of a technology company that was acquired by Samsung, where he went on to lead the U.S. Samsung Mobile Innovation Program, launching new services that generated more than $100 million in revenue. At PayPal and Venmo, he founded and led the Workshop Innovation Team, driving rapid experimentation and product innovation across commerce, payments, and financial services.

John also led the design team that created The Daily, the first news publication built exclusively for the iPad, which received the People's Choice Webby Award. He contributed to the World Ethical Data Foundation's guidelines for safe AI systems and currently serves as an advisor to AI company IV.AI.