As Principal of Store N^o8, Scott is driving future-focused innovation. An experienced global technology executive and entrepreneur, Scott has built companies, raised substantial venture capital, and brought disruptive technologies to market. Prior to Store N^o8, Scott was an executive-in-residence at Bain Capital Ventures. He has also served as CEO of several startups from inception through scale, founder of Dell’s e-commerce business, and a strategy and M&A consultant. Scott holds a BA in Quantitative Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

As Head of Incubation at Store N^o8, Jaya is shaping the future of commerce. For 20+ years, Jaya has focused on building, leading, and commercializing tech ideas into disruptive and profitable businesses within large enterprises and as an active advisor to startups. Prior to Store N^o8, she spent over a decade as a founding member of Deloitte’s Venture Accelerator. She has a background in Tech Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch and corporate strategy & development at JP Morgan. Jaya holds a BA in Economics and Computer Science from Mount Holyoke College, an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

As Head of Strategy & Operations, Srividya develops and steers how Store N^o8 moves forward. Srividya brings nearly 15 years of cross-functional experience in customer experience strategy, new product development, merchandising & planning, organizational design, store operations, and sales & marketing. Srividya joined Store N^o8 from Amazon, where she was focused on merchandising and improving the customer’s end-to-end experience. Prior to that, she held roles at Kurt Salmon (part of Accenture Strategy) and Nordstrom. Srividya holds a BA in Business from Miami University and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Bart oversees several projects within Store N^o8’s portfolio and is focused on building meaningful digital relationships with customers through new products. Bart joined Store N^o8 in 2018 when it acquired the startup he co-founded (Wim, a consumer hardware venture). Prior to Wim, he co-founded a social recommendations service called Stamped, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2012 worked at Google, managing small design teams working across marketing and user experience. Bart has been named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list and to Business Insider’s “100 Coolest People in New York Technology.” He graduated from Brown University.

Whitney sets the vision and roadmap for Walmart InHome, a product that has transformed the way customers shop. She has US and international experience in operations, strategy, product management, and product marketing in both startup and public consumer technology companies such as MealPal, Instagram, and Vistaprint. Whitney joined Store N^o8 in 2018 when it acquired a computer hardware startup, Wim, where she served as the COO. She holds a BE in Civil Engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Dominique oversees Conversational Commerce after serving as Chief Product Officer of Jetblack, a members-only shopping service and Store Nº8’s first portfolio company. Dom joined Walmart through its acquisition of Bonobos where she was the Chief Experience Officer. Prior to that she was VP of product and user experience at Gilt Group, and spent 12 years leading product teams at Travelocity. Dominique graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Duke University where she also served as captain of their NCAA Women’s Varsity Volleyball team.

As the founder of IRL, Mike is leading the way to apply Computer Vision-based AI to inventory management and retail. Mike came to IRL after he co-founded Jet.com, where he built the company’s world class e-commerce platform and led all technology and security teams as the company’s CTO. Previously, he developed proprietary systems at Quidsi, Inc. and oversaw the creation of large-scale, real-time trading systems for London’s largest financial institutions.

Michael is building the future of retail merchandising through In-Store Digitization. His 19 years of experience across product management, data science, category development, financial planning, and merchandising allow him to leverage a deep understanding of retail across a broad set of disciplines. Prior to his current role in Store N^o8, Michael led the Assortment Product and Strategy group for Walmart US and implemented one of the largest infusions of data science in the retail industry to date. He continues this passion to utilize data science to better serve our customers.