Evan Shiue

Ownit

Co-Founder, COO/CFO

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VP, Strategy, Finance and Ops

Unity Technologies

Corporate Strategy & Development

PepsiCo

Lead corporate development & strategic partnership initiatives for newly formed PepsiCo eCommerce division.

Served as interim business unit lead for Quaker eCommerce team

Sr. Director - Corporate Development, PepsiCo eCommerce

Walmart Global eCommerce

Lead Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic Partnerships for Walmart Global eCommerce.  Work cross-functionally across the organization to build and execute acquisition and partnership initiatives.  Added M&A Integration responsibilities in December 2013.  

Primary transaction lead for the acquisitions of Small Society, Tasty Labs, Inkiru, Yumprint, Adchemy and Stylr.  In addition, developed M&A business case and integration priorities for the acquisition of Yihaodian, a leading eCommerce company in Shanghai, China.

Director - Corporate Development

Support Global eCommerce leadership in the development of overall corporate strategy and prioritization of strategic initiatives for Walmart's eCommerce division.

Drive quarterly Board of Directors presentation development for Walmart senior management.  Collaborated with peers across the organization to complete strategic projects including acquisition evaluations, competitive assessments and management communications.

Manager - Corporate Strategy

WR Hambrecht + Co

Lead valuation analyses, pitch presentation development, road show preparation and due diligence portions of each transaction.

Develop strategic recommendations for companies using discounted cash flow and comparable valuation approaches.

Founding member of of WR Hambrecht Shanghai office.  Met with CEOs and CFOs of local enterprises in Asia and advised on capital raising alternatives.

Technology Investment Banking

Celerity Consulting

Created $30 million in cost savings for Fortune 500 utility client by developing a new accounts reconciliation process to identify duplicate customer accounts.

Design financial models for debt claims analysis during corporate restructuring process.

Senior Consultant

Thomas Weisel Partners

Evaluate strategic positioning, technological competency, and market opportunity for over 15 software companies.

Develop financial models including valuation, forecasting and comparable company analysis.

Equity Research Associate - Infrastructure Software

I’m the co-founder, COOof Ownit AI, a venture-backed tech startup founded by ex-Amazon, Walmart, and Anycart eCommerce veterans.

Ownit AI develops custom fine-tuned AI models for retailers and brands. These models are used to deploy AI-powered search, category pages, product pages and SEO content to drive organic traffic. Our current customers include Albertsons, Ulta Beauty and Alibaba.com. Ownit’s flagship AI search is an enterprise-grade, embedded search experience for retailers similar to Amazon Rufus and Google AI Overviews - trained exclusively with the retailer’s product catalog.  

Ownit is backed by leading VCs and is based in Palo Alto, CA

Ownit's mission is to make commerce at the point of discovery work for brands, creators, and shoppers.

Ownit's Connected Checkout links increase conversion for direct-to-consumer brands by enabling a one-tap purchase of any product in paid ads, email, text, and influencer marketing. Ownit's frictionless checkout experience helps shoppers quickly make the best purchase decision by showing pricing and purchase options all in one place.

Ownit is backed by leading eCommerce & FinTech VCs Caffeinated Capital, SciFi VC, GGV Capital, Abstract Ventures, and industry leaders from Meta, Pinterest, Walmart and Honey.

To request a demo or join our team, visit Ownit.co.  Read more about Ownit on TechCrunch.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/28/ownit-helps-brands-sell-products-at-the-point-of-discovery-with-one-click/

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