Mercato, the online grocery eCommerce platform for independently owned grocery and specialty food stores, announced that it has hired three new team members at the Vice President level. Jeffrey Bishop-Hill has been named VP of Operations, Mike Durand has been named VP of Sales, and Leo Zhu has been named VP of Product.
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Bobby Brannigan, founder and CEO of Mercato, said: “We’re incredibly excited to welcome these talented leaders to the Mercato team. Each of these individuals has a proven track record in their field and deep, well-honed skill sets that will be a terrific help as we continue on a path of aggressive growth and expansion of our marketplace.”
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Bishop-Hill, 36, will focus on operations and positively impacting the merchant and customer experience. He will continue to advance Mercato’s tech infrastructure to streamline costs and facilitate continued growth. Bishop-Hill joins Mercato from Soothe where he acted as Senior Vice President of Operations and helped the wellness marketplace expand its service area from 12 American cities to more than 70 cities in six countries. Prior to Soothe, Bishop-Hill held operations, marketing and customer experience roles at a number of early stage companies including RadPad, DogVacay and InMotion Hosting.
Durand, 34, will lead a selection of established teams within Mercato that are focused on mid-market sales, customer success and account management. Prior to Mercato, he was Regional Vice President of Sales at Toast, Inc, the computer software company servicing the restaurant industry. Durand also spent more than eight years at Groupon where he filled a number of sales leadership roles, including Director of Enterprise Sales in the company’s Chicago headquarters. He is known for his ability to scale highly efficient sales organizations.
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