Jon Schechter
Vice President of Fulfillment Solutions at AutoStore™- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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AutoStore™
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Norway
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Industrial Automation
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400 - 500 Employee
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Vice President of Fulfillment Solutions
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Mar 2023 - 10 months
Helping customers design new fulfillment centers leveraging technology Leading team of consultants for AutoStore to grow AutoStore users in North America Connecting projects with the right AutoStore integration partners
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Fulfillment for Retail
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Jul 2020 - Mar 2023
Developed dozens of distribution and fulfillment centers - especially for retailers Growing AutoStore's footprint in North America Connecting projects with the right AutoStore integration partners Building the team through hiring, onboarding, and subject matter expertise
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RightHand Robotics, Inc
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United States
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Europe
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Mar 2018 - Jul 2020
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany Partnerships, sales, solutions, and customer success responsibilities Support single-largest customer implementation of RightHand robots Opened European office and team to support partners and customers - based in Frankfurt for 1 year
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Lux Capital
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United States
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Summer Intern
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May 2017 - Sep 2017
Greater Boston Area Supported two partners with research efforts in deep tech (robotics, machine vision, AI, etc), including a Series A robotics investment from first meeting to close
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Amazon Fulfillment Technologies & Robotics
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Manager of Industrial Design, Advanced Programs Team: XB-15
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Oct 2013 - Aug 2016
-Created the largest Kiva system ever with 1700 robots and 10 elevators -Designed dozens fulfillment centers with thousands of robots for Amazon -Hired and led a team of technical designers, program managers, and analysts to partner with operations team through concepts, production testing, and 24/7 support -Influenced software and hardware roadmap based on rapid feedback from the field -Tuned software algorithms and configuration to optimize system in order to meet program… Show more -Created the largest Kiva system ever with 1700 robots and 10 elevators -Designed dozens fulfillment centers with thousands of robots for Amazon -Hired and led a team of technical designers, program managers, and analysts to partner with operations team through concepts, production testing, and 24/7 support -Influenced software and hardware roadmap based on rapid feedback from the field -Tuned software algorithms and configuration to optimize system in order to meet program goals -Created financial justifications (NPV, DCF) for capital expenditures of $250M+
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Solutions Design Team Lead
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Sep 2011 - Sep 2013
Delivered detailed technical designs for fulfillment centers to C-Level Audiences Led $300M projects of Kiva for Amazon Created dozens of Kiva solutions for client fulfillment centers Developed principle design tool for sizing equipment requirements, MAKER Model
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Systems Engineer
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Sep 2008 - Sep 2011
•Implemented operational improvement projects to drive performance directly within 12 client facilities, including 10% increase in daily maximum throughput •Developed tools and models to aid operational improvements and to augment future solution designs •Worked with Product Management to define enterprise software and hardware features and enhancements
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Education
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelors of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Operations Research -
Harvard Business School
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)