Former WalmartLabs exec joins RichRelevance

San Francisco — Omnichannel solutions provider RichRelevance has hired Mahesh Tyagarajan, a former WalmartLabs executive, to serve as its chief product officer.



Tyagarajan will be responsible for product strategy and management, engineering and cloud operation and infrastructure. He joins RichRelevance from Walmart, where he led the development of their Global eCommerce (GeC) Platform at WalmartLabs. His technology responsibilities at Walmart included e-commerce, omnichannel retail, point of sales (POS), store back-office systems, warehouse management, next generation logistics and mobile applications.





The company also named microstrategy and business objects veteran John Dickson as VP of client services.



“We’re pleased to welcome Mahesh and John to RichRelevance as we continue to prove out the power of real-time data and personalization to improve every customer-facing function,” said Eduardo Sanchez, CEO of RichRelevance, San Francisco. “Our customers prioritize personalization as a strategic initiative within their organizations, and Mahesh and John bring a corresponding expertise in enterprise technology and deployments to accelerate success. Their vision and leadership will be critical as we continue to deliver the best product and open platform capabilities in the industry, and turn these innovations into real-world success.”