Nilay Patel is cofounder and editor-in-chief of technology news website The Verge. He was the site's first managing editor and served as the acting managing editor for the launch of Vox.com. Prior to that, Patel spent four years as managing editor of Engadget, where he drew upon his background as a lawyer to report and explain complex legal situations in everyday terminology, leading SAY Media to name him one of 10 "voices that matter" in technology journalism. Patel cohosts the Webby Award-winning Vergecast podcast and has appeared on CNN, CNN International, NPR, Fox News, MSNBC, Sky News, NHK, G4TV, TWiT, and many others.