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This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Home Decor space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jessie Dixon
COO of Havenly
Jessie is returning to her Colorado roots, having spent time in California leading merchandising & strategy at Walmart.com, and in Chicago, getting her MBA from Kellogg. Jessie may be the resident e-commerce expert on the team, but she secretly wishes she could be a professional organizer. Besides making sure that Havenly stays on track, she spends her time teaching Lee how to sale shop, and playing with her two adorable (and redheaded!) kids.
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About Havenly: Havenly is a Denver-based online interior design company and e-commerce platform.
Sayyid Markar
Co-Founder & COO of Otherland
Sayyid Markar is the Co-Founder and COO of Otherland.
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About Otherland: Otherland is a digitally-native candle brand that transforms your home into an expressive world.
Andy Milk
Chief Operating Officer of Novica United
As one third of The 3 Amigos, Andy’s childhood was filled with entrepreneurial antics and extensive foreign travel alongside his brother Roberto, and childhood friend, Charles Hachtmann. “We collected many unusual artifacts while on our travels,” recalls Andy. “Our favorites had to be weapons of any kind (bows/arrows, blow guns), musical instruments, animal figurines, and most especially these assorted “heads” carved out of coconuts (with eyes and other embellishments added) we found in Merida, Mexico. We had a lot of fun in Mexico – I remember Charles giggling for a day and a half when we passed through the town of Ajijic – he just thought that name was the funniest thing he’d ever heard – and his laugh is quite catching” Andy graduated with honors from Stanford, with an AB in Psychology, also completing coursework in economics, sociology, archaeology, and statistics. Before that, he studied sleep disorders in patients with Attention Deficit Disorder and collaborated with the Hispanic Research Center at UT San Antonio on a longitudinal study of San Antonio students’ behavioral trends. Andy taught himself programming to oversee NOVICA’s global logistics as chief operating officer. “Imagine the way it traditionally works,” he says. “You’re an artist in a small village in Peru. And basically your method of selling to the world market is a series of intermediaries. It changes hands anywhere from three to 10 times, and typically is marked up two or three. With NOVICA, we want you to set your price, and the customer gets a price that’s 50 or 70 percent less.” Andy is fluent in English and Spanish and conversant in Italian and Portuguese. He is an active soccer player, gardener, road-tripper, and outdoors enthusiast.
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About Novica United: Novica United is an e-commerce marketplace focused on handmade decor, art, and jewelry.
Christine Strzalka
COO and Co-Founder of It’s By U
Christine Strzalka is the co-founder and COO of It’s By U.
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About It’s By U, It’s By U: It’s By U is a do-it-yourself arrangement kit with farm-fresh blooms, by subscription.
Jan-Hein Pullens
Co-Founder and COO of roOomy
Jan-Hein Pullens is the Advisor To The Board at Loft.
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About roOomy: roOomy’s patented 3D/AR/VR technology brings your listing, home and décor to life with fast, scalable 3D modeling and rendering services.
Brad Kostelich
President and Chief Operating Officer of Wolf Home Products
Brad Kostelich, a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, has spent over 23 years at The Wolf Organization, with management responsibilities across a wide variety of business areas. Brad has held positions of General Manager, Vice President of Operations, and Senior Vice President of Business Process and Technology before being named to his present position. Brad is active in the community and has served on the boards of several non-profit organizations.
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About Wolf Home Products: Wolf Home Products provides kitchen and bath cabinetry and building materials, marketing and sales support and financial services
Dylan Astle
Chief Operating Officer of DirectBuy
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About DirectBuy, DirectBuy: DirectBuy is an exclusive club for members who want a better way to shop for products for their homes and achieve the lifestyles.
Kevin Litt
COO of Adornably
Kevin Litt, Chief Operations Officer of Adornably, knows furniture. In fact, he hails from the furniture industry having spent over 20 years inhabiting all the key roles of the furniture business, including retailer, designer, consultant and manufacturer. Kevin leads all business development, supply chain and sales functions of Adornably and is key to building the successful relationships that help populate the app with beautiful furniture. As a manufacturer, Kevin helped build and manage multiple factories both domestically and abroad. As a retailer, Kevin owns high end furniture stores. As a designer, Kevin’s original designs have collectively sold hundreds of millions of dollars all over the world. It’s no wonder he still consults regularly with the top manufacturers in the business. Kevin enjoys spending time with his wife and two children and biking when he’s not working on something design related. Kevin holds a BS in Finance and Information Systems from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.
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About Adornably: Adornably is an interior design app that enables individuals to visualize 3D photorealistic images of their homes in order to design them.
Nick Fu
Chief Operating Officer of HousePouch.com
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About HousePouch.com: HousePouch is a home furnishing platform that simplifies and personalizes home goods shopping for millennials based on personal preferences.
Caroline Portis
Co-Founder/CFO/COO of QuickZip Sheet
Caroline is a self-proclaimed “recovering CPA” who has experience all spectrums of finance and operations as a CFO, COO, auditor and controller. She started with QuickZip as a consultant developing the company’s growth plan, and she quickly became obsessed with the fitted sheet and the potential of QuickZip. She took a leap and joined the company fulltime in 2014; finding a new passion for small business ownership and the inspiring challenges that come up each day. Prior to QuickZip, Caroline was CFO of The Boppy Company, Controller at General Electric and Director of Operations at Level 3 Communications. Caroline is our trailblazer of tenacity, diva of details, and heroine of hard work.
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About QuickZip Sheet: QuickZip Sheet offers quilts, sheets, bumpers, and mattress pads.