Wayfair believes everyone should live in a home they love. Through technology and innovation, Wayfair makes it possible for shoppers to quickly and easily find exactly what they want from a selection of more than 10 million items across home furnishings, décor, home improvement, housewares and more. Committed to delighting its customers every step of the way, Wayfair is reinventing the way people shop for their homes – from product discovery to final delivery. 

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Niraj Nagrani is the Vice President of Global Supplier Marketplace, Pricing, Catalog & Merchandising at [Wayfair](/org/wayfair). Niraj has over 18 years of experience in engineering and product management. 

Nagrani started their career at Sun Microsystems as a Senior Manager of Product and Engineering. Niraj then moved to Microsoft where they became the Director of Product & Engineering for their O365 SaaS. In 2006, they left Microsoft to join [SnapLogic](/org/snaplogic) as their Vice President of Engineering. During their time there, [SnapLogic](/org/snaplogic) was funded by [Andreessen Horowitz](/org/andreessen-horowitz), Microsoft, and Ignition Partners. 

In 2015, Nagrani joined [American Express](/org/american-express) as their Vice President of Engineering. Niraj held this position for two years before moving on to [Ancestry](/org/ancestry) as their Senior Vice President of Engineering in 2017. Nagrani spent two years at [Ancestry](/org/ancestry) before joining Google as their Vice President of Engineering in 2019. 

Nagrani has a wealth of experience in various engineering roles and has been an integral part of several successful companies. Niraj is currently using their skills to help [Wayfair](/org/wayfair) grow and succeed.

Niraj Nagrani graduated from [Northwestern University](/org/northwestern-university).

Niraj Nagrani works with Fiona Tan - CTO, Steve Oblak - Chief Commercial Officer, and Thomas Netzer - COO. Niraj Nagrani reports to Niraj Shah, CEO, Co-Chairman & Co-Founder.

Niraj Nagrani

Sascha serves as Head of Operations in Europe, overseeing Wayfair’s European Operations and Supply Chain function. Sascha has led a number of key initiatives including rolling out Wayfair’s fulfillment centres and setting up our cross-European transportation and delivery network in Europe. Before joining Wayfair, Sascha was a partner at leading consultancy McKinsey. He also previously was the COO at Singapore Post Group and CEO of Quantium Solutions, SingPost's international eCommerce logistics arm. Sascha has a PhD in Corporate Finance and Taxation from the University of Bayreuth.

Sascha Hower

Julia Donnelly oversees the global Finance team at Wayfair, including Accounting, Financial Operations, Tax, Capital Markets, Investor Relations, Corporate Development, Strategic Operations Finance, Strategic Corporate Finance (FP&A), and Procurement. Since joining in 2016, Julia has guided the maturation of the finance organization, including building critical new functions and improving efficiency as Wayfair has scaled. Prior to Wayfair, Julia was a private equity investor in technology and media companies at Thomas H. Lee Partners in Boston and served on the board of directors at Agencyport Software and iHeartMedia. Julia holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Stanford University.

Julia Donnelly

Kate is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer for Wayfair, leading the Finance, Talent, Legal, Real Estate, and Corporate Affairs teams. Kate formerly oversaw the talent organization at Wayfair where she was responsible for global human capital management, including recruiting, organizational design, talent management, talent analytics, compensation, and learning and development.

Prior to leading the talent function, Kate managed the company's Investor Relations team where she drove all communication and relationship development with outside investors, and led the company through its initial public offering (IPO) in 2014. Previously, Kate worked as an investor for nearly five years at Bain Capital, the Boston based private equity firm. She started her career in consulting at McKinsey & Company. Kate holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and a B.A. from Yale University.

Kate Gulliver

Tiara Lawson

King offers extensive experience leading and building large-scale technology efforts spanning the retail and software industries, including in his current role as Senior Vice President and Head of Engineering at Pinterest.

In his role at Pinterest, King leads the company’s technical vision and oversees the Engineering team building products, platforms and machine learning systems. Under his leadership, King’s teams have built and scaled Pinterest’s sophisticated visual discovery engine with hundreds of billions of Pins served to hundreds of millions of Pinners. His expertise spans the entire end-to-end e-commerce shopping experience, having overseen customer, merchant and supply chain technologies across cloud and data platforms.

Prior to joining Pinterest, King led the e-commerce technology team behind U.S. retail stores and e-commerce for Walmart and Jet, most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. King also served as Executive Vice President, Technology of LiveOps from 2008 to 2011 and as Vice President Software Development and Engineering of eBay from 2001 to 2008. King holds a B.S. from San Jose State University.

Jeremy King

Michael E. Sneed has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2020. Since January 2018, Mr. Sneed has served as Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs and Chief Communications Officer at Johnson & Johnson, where he leads the company's global marketing, communication, design and philanthropy functions. Mr. Sneed originally joined Johnson & Johnson in 1983 and has held various leadership positions since then, including joining the Executive Committee in July 2018 and becoming the Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs and Chief Communications Officer in 2017, the Company Group Chairman, Vision Care Franchise in 2007 and the Company Group Chairman, Consumer North America in 2004. Mr. Sneed holds a Master's degree from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a B.A. from Macalester College.

Michael E. Sneed

Sanjeev Singh Sahni is the current Vice President of Service Operations at [Wayfair](/org/wayfair). Sanjeev has also previously worked at [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company) from January 2008 to December 2017, where they were an Associate Partner. At McKinsey, Sahni provided strategic advisory services to leading global telecom, transportation, logistics, technology, and financial services organizations. Sanjeev also headed project teams of 5 to 20 and was responsible for engagements, profitability, and capability development.

During their time at McKinsey, Sahni conceptualized, staffed, and launched a trade finance business and digital platform for a top-2 global shipping and logistics company. The business grew to over $2B in assets and made a successful divestiture in 2021. Sanjeev also executed a lean operations transformation for a $10B payments technology organization which improved the NPS from -14 to 30. In addition, Sahni advised an outsourcing and offshoring industry association on the future of global sourcing and built a plan to upskill several million college graduates in the country. Lastly, they led a full-company cost control initiative for a top-10 US retail bank, encompassing branch operations and back-office functions. The goal of the initiative was to ready the business unit for divestment by targeting a 15% cost-to-income ratio improvement.

Sanjeev Singh Sahni has a Bachelor of Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) in Varanasi. Sanjeev also has a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management in Lucknow with a concentration in International Finance. In addition, they have completed Executive Education from Yale School of Management in Organizational Leadership. Sanjeev is also certified by [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company) in Lean Service Operations and by IBM in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

They work with Paul Toms - VP, Lifestyle Brands & Canada, Kate Gulliver - VP, Global Head of Talent, and Jens Uwe Intat - VP, Head of Europe. Sanjeev Singh Sahni reports to Thomas Netzer, COO.

Sanjeev Singh Sahni

Jim Miller transitioned from CTO to an Advisory role in March 2022. Prior to this, he had served as a member of the board of directors since July 2016 and as the Chief Technology Officer since July 2019. James has served as a Strategic Advisor of [AREVO](/org/arevo) Inc., a 3D printing company, since January 2019. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of [AREVO](/org/arevo) from February 2018 to December 2018 and Vice President of Worldwide Operations at Google Inc. from June 2010 until February 2018. Prior to joining Google, James was Executive Vice President of Sanmina-SCI Corporation, one of the world’s largest electronic manufacturing service providers, where he had responsibility for their industrial, clean tech, multimedia and automotive businesses. James currently serves on the advisory board of a number of private companies. James received a B.S. from [Purdue University](/org/purdue-university), an M.S. from MIT and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.

James Miller

Ashwin Rao is the current Chief Scientific Officer at [Wayfair](/org/wayfair). Ashwin has also previously worked as Vice President of Artificial Intelligence at Target, Advisor at Hired, Inc., and Founder and C.E.O. at ZLemma. Ashwin Rao has a background in product management, math modeling, coding, marketing, sales, and fundraising. Ashwin has used their skills to develop software products that help recruiters and hiring managers find the precise talent they want to hire in an efficient manner. Ashwin Rao's products are grounded in powerful algorithms that they and their team have developed for jobs-talent matching and for resumes/jobs parsing. In 2013, Ashwin Rao raised $3.5M in series A financing for ZLemma, and in 2015, ZLemma was acquired by Hired, Inc. One of the key things Ashwin Rao has learned from their experience at ZLemma is that customer conversations are as vital to the development of one's product as the engineering/design that creates the product.

Ashwin Rao's educational career includes a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, a Ph.D. in Theoretical Computer Science - Algorithmic Algebra from the [University of Southern California](/org/university-of-southern-california), and high school studies in Computer Science from Atomic Energy Central School, Bombay.

Ashwin Rao works with Fiona Tan - CTO, Ed Macri - Chief Product & Marketing Officer, and Michael Fleisher - CFO. Ashwin Rao reports to Niraj Shah, CEO, Co-Chairman & Co-Founder.

Ashwin Rao

Intat joined Wayfair with a 30 year track record scaling ecommerce businesses including Amazon Germany.

Prior to joining Wayfair, Intat spent five years as an executive leader for Amazon Germany, overseeing divisions including Consumer Electronics, PC, Office, Kitchen, Home Living, Lawn and Garden, and Home Improvement.

Jens Uwe Intat

Jason Mandell

Andrea Jung is the current director at [Wayfair](/org/wayfair). Andrea has also held positions at [Rockefeller Capital Management](/org/rockefeller-capital-management), Grameen America, Inc., and the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations. From January 1994 to April 2012, they were the chairman and CEO of Avon, where they were responsible for over 40,000 employees and over six million independent Avon sales representatives in over one hundred countries. Prior to that, they were a trustee at [Princeton University](/org/princeton) from July 1999 to June 2003.

Andrea Jung graduated from [Princeton University](/org/princeton) with a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature/Letters.

Andrea Jung

Michael Kumin is the current director at [Wayfair](/org/wayfair), and was previously with [notonthehighstreet](/org/notonthehighstreet), Storyblocks, Custom Ink, TodayTix Group (TTG), [Bombas](/org/bombas), and [The RealReal](/org/the-realreal). Michael has been a board member and lead independent director at [Great Hill Partners](/org/great-hill-partners) since May of 2017. 

Great Hill Partners is a Boston-based private equity firm targeting investments of $25 million to $500 million in high-growth companies across the software, digital commerce, financial technology, healthcare, and digital infrastructure sectors. Since its inception in 1998, [Great Hill](/org/great-hill) has raised over $12 billion of commitments and invested in more than 90 companies, establishing an extensive track record of building long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs and providing flexible resources to help middle-market companies scale. [Great Hill](/org/great-hill) was recently recognized for its industry leadership, being ranked #5 in the 2021 HEC - DowJones Private Equity Performance Ranking, which evaluated fund performance of 517 leading private equity firms between 2008 – 2017. 

For more information on Michael Kumin, please visit www.greathillpartners.com.

Michael Kumin graduated from [Princeton University](/org/princeton) with a degree in public policy and international affairs.

Michael Kumin

Jon Blotner is the VP of Private Label Brands, Visual Media & Supplier Acquisition & Onboarding at [Wayfair](/org/wayfair). Jon has also previously worked with [Techstars](/org/techstars) and Gemvara, the latter of which they served as President and Board Member.

Gemvara was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 2016, something which Blotner helped drive by launching two new businesses under the company - Gemma Gray and Sequel. These new ventures helped grow Gemvara's revenue and led the company to profitability.

With their wealth of experience in the eCommerce industry, Jon Blotner is an invaluable asset to [Wayfair](/org/wayfair). In their current role, they are responsible for overseeing the private label brands at [Wayfair](/org/wayfair), as well as managing supplier acquisition and onboarding. Jon is also responsible for all visual media at the company.

Jon Blotner has a BA from the [University of Pennsylvania](/org/university-of-pennsylvania) in International Relations and Jon'story, and an MBA from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school). Jon also attended [Loomis Chaffee](/org/loomis-chaffee-school).

Jon Blotner works with Margaret Lawrence - VP, [Wayfair](/org/wayfair) Professional, Liza Lefkowski - VP, Global Brand, Creative & Curated Merchandising. Jon Blotner reports to Steve Oblak, Chief Commercial Officer. and Arun Batra - Director & GM reports to Jon Blotner.

Jon Blotner

Paul Toms is the current VP of Lifestyle Brands and Canada at [Wayfair](/org/wayfair). Paul has been with the company since January 2004, when they started as the Business Manager. In their current role, they are responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of [Wayfair](/org/wayfair)'s lifestyle brands and initiatives in Canada. Prior to their current role, they were the VP of Marketing at Hyannis Sound, a position they held for two years.

Paul Toms studied economics at [Boston University](/org/boston-university), where they earned a BA. Paul also studied business administration at Woodberry Forest School, where they earned a bachelor of arts.

Paul Toms reports to Thomas Netzer, COO. Some of their coworkers include Jens Uwe Intat - VP, Head of Europe, Kate Gulliver - VP, Global Head of Talent, and Adam Sinoway - VP, Global Head of Category Management.

Paul Toms

Jeremy Sharrard is the VP, Storefront & Marketing Performance at [Wayfair](/org/wayfair). Prior to joining [Wayfair](/org/wayfair), they were an Engagement Manager at [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company) from September 2007 to July 2010. From February 2004 to July 2005, they were an Associate Principal at Tier Technologies. From August 2003 to January 2004, they were an Operations Project Manager at NYC2012. From January 2002 to December 2003, they were a Fellow in Public Affairs at the Coro New York Leadership Center. From July 1998 to January 2002, they were an Analyst at Forrester Research.

Jeremy Sharrard received their Masters in Business Administration from Columbia Business School and their B.A. in Political Science from [Brown University](/org/brown-university).

Jeremy Sharrard reports to Ed Macri, Chief Product & Marketing Officer. Jeremy Sharrard works with Matt Zisow - VP, Product Management, Experience Design & Analytics, Bob Sherwin - VP, Marketing.

Jeremy Sharrard

Sean Halligan is the current Chief Global Supply Chain Officer at [Wayfair](/org/wayfair). Prior to this, they served as a Board Member at [ScriptDrop](/org/scriptdrop) from July 2020 to December 2021. Sean was selected for this position due to their cross-functional experience in Human Resources. Their duties included employee and labor relations, talent management, and planning for 6 Regional Distribution Centers throughout the Midwest and South.

From April 2018 to December 2021, Sean Halligan served as Senior Vice President Supply Chain at [Cardinal Health](/org/cardinal-health). As Senior Manager in two different facilities, their responsibilities included performance to operational key indicators, talent management, and development of 8 direct report supervisors and 100 team members. Sean was a member of the team that performed top in the company while in Wisconsin and a member of the start-up team for the new DC in Ohio.

Sean Halligan was also Vice President - North American Fulfillment, Logistics & Operations at Nike from September 2016 to April 2018. In this role, they were responsible for leading Nike's logistics, trade compliance, and operations teams across North America. Sean oversaw a team of 12 direct reports and managed a budget of $250M.

From January 1998 to December 2016, Sean Halligan served as Vice President, Global Logistics & Trade at Target. In this role, they were responsible for leading Target's global logistics, transportation, and trade compliance teams. Sean oversaw a team of 30 direct reports and managed a budget of $1B.

Sean Halligan began their career as an Operations Supervisor at YRC Worldwide, Inc. from January 1996 to December 1998. In this

Sean Halligan reports to Niraj Shah, CEO, Co-Chairman & Co-Founder. They work with Fiona Tan - CTO, Steve Oblak - Chief Commercial Officer, and Niraj Nagrani - VP, Global Supplier Marketplace, Pricing, Catalog & Merchandising.

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Arunabh Batra

Molly Ahadpour

Tijeria Delgado

Eric Trickett

Michael Zhang

David Malone

Jess Vandenberg

Over the course of her distinguished career, Schäferkordt served as the chief executive officer of RTL Television and Media Group RTL from 2005 to 2018 and as the co-chief executive officer of [RTL Group](/org/rtl-group) S.A. from 2012 to 2017. During her tenure, she was instrumental in expanding the channel and digital portfolio, defending the company’s market leadership position and transforming the German business into the most profitable pillar of [RTL Group](/org/rtl-group) and [Bertelsmann](/org/bertelsmann). Through her visionary leadership, Schäferkordt steered the company on an impressive digital and international growth plan.

Anke Schäferkordt

Enrique Colbert serves as the General Counsel of [Wayfair](/org/wayfair). Prior to working at [Wayfair](/org/wayfair), Enrique was General Counsel of Aveksa, Inc., an enterprise software company in Waltham, MA that was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2013. Before Aveksa, Enrique was General Counsel of Blue Cod Technologies, an IT and business process outsourcing and software company located in Marlborough, MA. Enrique began his legal career at the law firm [Goodwin Procter](/org/goodwin-procter-llp) in Boston. Enrique earned a B.A. from [Dartmouth College](/org/dartmouth) and a J.D. from Boston College Law School. He lives in Jamaica Plain with his wife and three children.

Enrique Colbert

Netzer steps into the COO role after serving as one of [Wayfair](/org/wayfair)’s most senior leaders responsible for growing [Wayfair](/org/wayfair)’s European sales and service organization, overseeing the European CastleGate warehousing business, and managing all European supply chain functions. Prior to [Wayfair](/org/wayfair), Netzer spent more than 20 years working in global transportation and infrastructure for [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company), where he co-led the consultancy’s global logistics practice.

Thomas Netzer

Additionally, he oversees [Wayfair](/org/wayfair)’s global Pricing, 3D, Merchandising, and Brand functions. Steve joined [Wayfair](/org/wayfair) in 2009 from River West Brands, where he was on the management team of an early-stage venture focused on acquiring and re-commercializing dormant consumer brands. Steve previously served as a Senior Director at FutureBrand Worldwide. Steve has a B.A. from [Hamilton College](/org/hamilton-college) and an M.B.A. from [Northwestern University](/org/northwestern-university).

Steve Oblak

Margaret oversees Wayfair Professional, which is focused on serving the unique and ongoing needs of our business customers. Most recently Margaret was Chief Services Officer at [Motus](/org/motus), a SaaS-based expense reimbursement company. Prior to [Motus](/org/motus), Margaret was the Chief of Staff for Google's Small and Medium Business organization for the Americas, running strategy and operations for the region. Previously, she led Google's North America SMB Agency teams and the SMB team in Cambridge, MA. Before Google, Margaret was a Partner at Pilot House Ventures, a Boston-based early stage venture capital firm. She led the investment process for and held board seats at a number of early stage technology companies. Margaret began her career in finance, first at Lehman Brothers in investment banking then moved to a small merchant banking firm providing financial advisory services and investing in startups. Margaret earned her BA from [Williams College](/org/williams-college) and MBA from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school).

Margaret Lawrence

Ed Macri joined [Wayfair](/org/wayfair) in 2007 to launch its Business Intelligence group and today leads global Product Management and Marketing. Prior to [Wayfair](/org/wayfair), Ed held marketing positions at IBM-Emptoris, an enterprise supply chain software provider, and [Digitas](/org/digitas), where he advised major brands including [AT&T](/org/att) and [Bayer](/org/bayer). He started his career in software development and product management at [Bain & Company](/org/bain). Ed holds a B.A. from [Dartmouth College](/org/dartmouth) and an M.B.A. from MIT Sloan School of Management.​

Ed Macri

Visual Media, User Generated Content & Merchandising Services

Arun Batra

Fiona joined [Wayfair](/org/wayfair) in 2020 as global head of customer and supplier technology, working closely with Jim as the planned successor to the CTO role. During her tenure at [Wayfair](/org/wayfair), she has played a critical role in driving the growth and success of [Wayfair](/org/wayfair)’s technology organisation, while setting the vision and strategy for the development of systems and technologies that shape customer and supplier experiences.

Fiona boasts more than 25 years of experience of leading technology teams at fast-growing companies, including six years in executive leadership roles at [Walmart](/org/walmart) overseeing technology and engineering. She served as senior VP of US technology at [Walmart](/org/walmart), where she was responsible for innovation and engineering execution spanning its site, mobile app and all associate and merchant-facing technology across its ecommerce and stores business in the US.

Fiona Tan

Melissa

Steven Conine co-founded [Wayfair](/org/wayfair) with Niraj Shah in 2002. He currently leads development of the architecting and software systems that give [Wayfair](/org/wayfair) a technological edge in the online retail business. Prior to that, Steve was a co-founder, board member and Chief Technology Officer of Simplify Mobile. Before starting Simplify Mobile, he served as Chief Operating Officer for the London office of iXL, a publicly traded global technology consulting firm. Steve also previously co-founded and served as a top executive of Spinners Incorporated, an IT services firm, which was sold to iXL in 1998. Steve is also on the board of CarGurus, Inc. Steve holds a B.S. in engineering from [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university), and lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and three children.

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Taylor Brown

Kendra Bogossian

Lee Ann McDonald

Niraj Shah co‐founded [Wayfair](/org/wayfair) with Steve Conine in 2002 and the pair rapidly grew the business to become the largest online retailer of home furnishings, housewares and home improvement goods in the U.S., generating $7.3 billion in net revenue for the twelve months ended March 31, 2019. [Wayfair](/org/wayfair) has extensive operations in the U.S. and Europe and employs more than 13,300 people. Before founding [Wayfair](/org/wayfair), Niraj served as CEO and co‐founder of Simplify Mobile, Entrepreneur‐in‐Residence at Greylock Partners, COO and a member of the board of iXL, and the CEO and co‐founder of Spinners, which was sold to iXL in 1998. Niraj is on the board of the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership, the [Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce](/org/greater-boston-chamber-of-commerce), and the [Federal Reserve Bank of Boston](/org/federal-reserve-bank-of-boston). Niraj holds a B.S. in engineering from [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university), and lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children.

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Jessica Miller

Adam leads the Global Category Management organization for Wayfair. He is also responsible for Wayfair Canada, as well as several other teams that are focused on building tools and technology that support supplier partners and internal Wayfair teams. Prior to his current role, Adam led Wayfair’s Home Improvement business, which he transformed from a fledgling business into what is now a market-leading offering that’s scaling rapidly. Before joining Wayfair in 2013, Adam was part of the New Balance Licensing & Brand Extension team. Adam earned his B.A. from Middlebury College and M.B.A. from Boston University.

Adam Sinoway

Matt Zisow oversees Product Management, Experience Design and Analytics for Wayfair's consumer-facing websites and mobile Apps across all of our retail brands and geographies, in addition to two of our consumer service offerings (Design and Home Services). Prior to Wayfair, Matt was founder & CEO of HelloShopper - a venture-backed personal shopping app. Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer at CustomMade, a venture-backed two-sided marketplace for handmade furniture, home decor and jewelry. Prior to CustomMade, he served as Principal at Stockbridge Investors, and an Engagement Manager at McKinsey. Matt has a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an A.B. in English from [Duke University](/org/duke-university).

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