E-Grocer Weee Adds Former Amazon Exec to Team

E-grocer Weee continues to bolster its executive team with the appointment of Rudy Darmawan, formerly of Amazon, as SVP of engineering, as it also adds former Ahold USA CEO James McCann and Chief Product Officer of Goodwater Capital Vivek Subramanian to its board.

The string of appointments follows news earlier this month that the Fremont, Calif-based online grocer, known for its wide assortment of Asian and Latin American grocery items, hired filmmaker Jon Chu to be its company's chief creative officer.

"Weee's recent appointments bring a depth of experience in grocery, retail and e-commerce to our leadership bench and our board of directors," said Larry Liu, founder and CEO of Weee. "We are at a pivotal moment in the transformation of how ethnic consumers purchase food, celebrate traditions and experience culture. Weee is leading that transformation, and I'm thrilled to see what these leaders will bring as we continue to innovate, grow and scale."

Darmawan brings more than 20 years of experience in computer networking, supply chain and e-commerce fulfillment to Weee. Before joining the company, Darmawan held senior roles at e-commerce brands such as Coupang, Amazon and Anko Retail Inc. According to LinkedIn, he worked at Amazon as a senior software manager from 2006 to 2015. After which, he worked at Coupang, an e-commerce company based in Seoul, South Korea, for three years and then Anko, a technology company focused on retail innovation, for another three years.

Industry veteran McCann, current CEO and founder of Food Retail Ventures, which invests in early stage food and retail technology companies, has held many C-level positions for more than 15 years at grocery brands such as Ahold Delhaize, Carrefour and Tesco. He was CEO of Ahold USA from 2013 to 2016, according to LinkedIn, CEO of Carrefour’s France division from 2010 to 2011 and CEO and COO of several Tesco division during his time there from 2002 to 2009.

Vivek Subramanian

Weee also appointed Subramanian, current partner and chief product officer of Goodwater Capital, a tech investment firm, to its board. Subramanian also held senior leadership roles at Coupang, as well as at Sonder Inc. and CalmSea Inc. (later acquired by Coupang).