Deliv snags former eBay product chief
Deliv, the crowdsourced, same-day delivery service used by many omnichannel retailers, has hired an ex-executive at eBay to be its new product chief.
Kenneth Pate, former VP of product management at eBay, will bring a decade of experience in omnichannel execution to the startup. The company says Pate will be responsible for the Deliv experience across the same-day delivery service value chain, which includes retailers, shoppers, drivers and mall operators.
“We’re thrilled Kenny has joined the Deliv team,” said Daphne Carmeli, founder and CEO of Deliv. “He’s an exceptional leader with a thorough understanding of retailers and their customers. He has an impressive track record building scalable world class products, and we’re excited to have him help us execute the extensive roadmap to support our next phase of explosive growth.”
Pate’s experience leading product and engineering teams to build world class retail products at eBay makes him a natural fit for Deliv. He is a product visionary who builds new solutions that help retailers provide world class customer experiences. Pate’s expertise lies in driving innovation within complex, highly scalable, enterprise grade retailer systems.
“Consumers are going to expect same-day delivery, and retailers will need to meet that expectation. Given that building a delivery network yourself is impractical and no one wants to be disintermediated, retailers will benefit from working with a partner like Deliv who is solely focused on this specific business. Combine this with a stellar management team and there’s no question Deliv is strategically placed to dominate the same-day space,” Pate said. “I’m excited to be joining a very promising company at a dynamic time.”
Deliv is a crowdsourced, same-day delivery service that extends the reach of omnichannel retailers and helps them enhance their customer experience by giving customers the choice to receive their items whenever and wherever they want.Deliv allows retailers to offer their customers a same-day delivery option as they shop from their website, mobile app or from their physical brick and mortar store. By simply adding the Deliv same-day delivery option into their existing checkout process, the retailer preserves the customer shopping experience, fulfills orders from inventory from their local brick and mortar stores all while maintaining ownership and data from each customer transaction.
Deliv has partnered with over 250 national and regional retailers, as well as the nation’s six largest mall operators, who manage nearly 800 malls across the country. Deliv is headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif.