RADAR Appoints Apple and Microsoft Veteran Zach Little as Chief Technology Officer
23 Julio 2024 - 9:34AM
Business Wire
Company Also Names Morgan Levine, Former
Farfetch VP of Legal and Palantir Counsel, as General Counsel
RADAR, the technology platform that combines RFID and computer
vision technology to track and precisely locate in-store inventory
with 99% accuracy, today announced the appointment of Zach Little
as Chief Technology Officer, effective July 22, 2024. An Apple and
Microsoft veteran with more than two decades of experience, Little
will oversee all RADAR product development initiatives, reporting
directly to CEO Spencer Hewett. The company also announced that
Morgan Levine, former VP of Legal and Compliance at Farfetch, has
joined RADAR as General Counsel, reporting directly to Chief Growth
Officer Eric Mogil.
“Zach is a respected leader who combines technology expertise
and the ability to get large hardware and software engineering
teams to move in unison to accomplish business goals with lightning
speed,” said Spencer Hewett, Founder and CEO of RADAR. “His unique
skill set and strategic mindset make him an ideal fit for RADAR. At
the same time, we’re delighted to welcome Morgan Levine as General
Counsel as we accelerate our business momentum.”
“Morgan’s deep experience and expertise in both retail and
technology organizations make her an excellent partner to our
executive team and board as we continue to scale RADAR into a
global market leader in retail technology,” said Mogil.
Little and Levine join a growing roster of new executives,
engineers and customer experience leads from the likes of Amazon,
Google, Zara, Meta, Uniqlo and others as RADAR enters a new phase
of growth. Former CTO Paul Petrus will continue to be a senior
advisor to the company as one of RADAR’s largest stakeholders.
“Paul has been an amazing CTO and partner and I can’t thank him
enough for his leadership, dedication and guidance over the last
four years, enabling us to launch RADAR and deploy our technology
in-store with some of the world’s top retailers,” added Hewett.
RADAR’s RFID and AI-powered inventory-tracking platform empowers
retail teams with the inventory knowledge they need to consistently
elevate the in-store customer experience, ensuring store associates
always know what product is available on-site and where it’s
located. The solution drives efficiency and enables employees to
serve customers more easily as well as replenish products on the
sales floor and fulfill online orders that customers pick up
in-store. In addition, the platform’s AI analytics help inform
inventory and store operations decisions and ensure that brands are
stocking the right products in the right locations at all
times.
“Retailers and brands are seeking every competitive edge today,
and RADAR offers a revolutionary solution that delivers the
inventory accuracy needed to enhance efficiency and profitability,”
said Little. “I’m thrilled to join Spencer and the entire RADAR
team to scale the company’s technology and empower more retail
brands with the crucial information they need to succeed.”
Little has more than two decades of experience leading the
development of products that rely on computer vision, lidar, radar
and other technologies. He most recently served as VP of
Engineering at global automotive technology company Luminar
Technologies, where he oversaw development of the company’s lidar
products. Prior to that, Little was VP of Hardware and Firmware at
Argo AI, where he directed all hardware engineering efforts for the
autonomous vehicle technology company. He previously spent more
than seven years at Apple, serving as head of the Camera
Engineering Program Management organization. Prior to that, Little
was a Program Manager for the Health Solutions Group and Windows
division at Microsoft. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from
the University of Notre Dame.
Morgan Levine is a legal, commercial and compliance leader with
nearly two decades of experience. She has provided strategic advice
to senior leaders and board members at global companies spanning
B2B products and technologies, DTC, e-commerce, retail,
marketplaces, data platforms and gaming. She most recently served
as VP of Legal and Compliance at Farfetch, where she oversaw the
legal team advising the North American business as well as the
global litigation, ethics and compliance, risk management, and
insurance teams. Prior to that, Levine served as Legal Counsel at
Palantir Technologies, Lead Counsel at King and Senior US Associate
at Linklaters. She holds a BA from Binghamton University and a JD
from the New York University School of Law.
“I’m thrilled to join RADAR at such an exciting time and look
forward to leveraging my legal and compliance expertise and retail
industry background to support the company’s continued growth,”
said Levine.
RADAR’s technology solution enables retailers and brands to
complete a full in-store inventory cycle count with 99% accuracy in
near real time, providing invaluable data insights that can be used
to quickly correct inefficiencies. This level of inventory accuracy
empowers associates to provide a better customer experience, allows
retailers to fulfill omnichannel orders more consistently, and
increases revenue by eliminating shortages and optimizing product
across both back and front of house.
RADAR’s proprietary platform currently powers inventory accuracy
in hundreds of American Eagle stores nationwide and is being
piloted by multiple other Fortune 500 retailers.
About RADAR
RADAR offers a proprietary hardware and software platform that
uses RFID and computer vision to track and precisely locate
in-store inventory in near real time with 99% accuracy, empowering
store associates and corporate retail teams with the knowledge they
need to provide a superior customer experience and enabling brand
leaders to ensure each store has the right inventory in stock each
day. Headquartered in New York, RADAR is backed by some of the
biggest global retailers, including several Fortune 500 companies;
leading funds such as Beanstalk Ventures, Y Combinator, Sound
Ventures, Align Ventures and Founders Fund; and the family offices
behind Michael Kors and other leading retailers and brands. Connect
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