Boxed expands leadership team with three key executive hires
May 06 2022 - 7:45AM
Boxed (NYSE: BOXD) (“Boxed” or the “Company”), an e-commerce
grocery platform that sells bulk consumables and licenses its
e-commerce software to enterprise retailers, today announced the
addition of three C-Suite executives, to the roles of General
Counsel, Chief People Officer and Chief Revenue Officer. The
executive leaders will play a critical role as Boxed continues to
accelerate growth, following its move from a private to public
company.
Anna Meyer has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer. A
results-driven revenue executive, Ms. Meyer brings two decades
worth of experience building high performing teams and driving
profitable revenue streams in the retail technology sector. At
Boxed, she will be tasked with acquiring new clients for the
Spresso software business. Most recently, Ms. Meyer led the sales
organization at Sezzle, a fast-growing fintech. In her three years
at Sezzle, she built a team that grew the retail customer base by
over 670% while scaling to ensure the customer value proposition
remained high and churn remained at an all time low. Prior to
Sezzle, Ms. Meyer worked at SPS Commerce for 14 years, building out
their presence in Asia Pacific.
Additionally, Jung Choi has joined the company as General
Counsel & Secretary. She brings 15 years of diverse legal
experience at large public companies and in private practice. Ms.
Choi will lead all legal and compliance matters and serve as a
strategic advisor to management and the Board of Directors. Most
recently, Ms. Choi served as Vice President, Assistant General
Counsel & Assistant Secretary at Stanley Black & Decker, a
diversified global industrial provider, where she was responsible
for public company reporting, securities regulation, corporate
governance and its ESG shareholder engagement strategy. She also
oversaw the Global Ethics and Compliance department and the Global
Privacy Office. Prior to Stanley, Ms. Choi worked at Bristol-Myers
Squibb, a global biopharmaceutical company, and Davis Polk &
Wardwell, a leading international law firm.
Veracelle Vega has also joined the Company as the new Chief
People Officer. She brings 20 years of experience delivering and
building high performing companies. Ms. Vega’s responsibilities
include leading and developing all People strategies including
organizational effectiveness, compensation and total rewards,
talent management, learning + development, employee engagement,
talent acquisition and creating a world class work culture with a
focus on DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging). Most
recently, Ms. Vega served as the Chief People Officer at Resident,
the direct-to-consumer mattress company.
“We are entering a monumental period of growth at Boxed, and
having Anna, Jung, and Veracelle join our leadership team with the
breadth of knowledge and experience they bring, is critical to our
long term goals,” said Boxed Co-Founder and CEO Chieh Huang. “Of
these key hires, all identify as female and two identify as
minorities, illustrating Boxed's continued commitment to diversity
and inclusion.”
About Boxed
Boxed is an e-commerce retailer and an e-commerce enabler. The
Company operates an e-commerce retail service that provides bulk
pantry consumables to businesses and household customers, without
the requirement of a “big-box” store membership. This service is
powered by the Company’s own purpose-built storefront, marketplace,
analytics, fulfillment, advertising, and robotics technologies.
Boxed further enables e-commerce through its Software &
Services business, which offers customers in need of an
enterprise-level e-commerce platform access to its end-to-end
technology. The Company has developed a powerful, unique brand,
known for doing right by its customers, employees and society. For
information visit www.boxed.com.
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