


In his role at BARK he helped launch new businesses such as BARK Bright and the Company’s licensing initiatives. He has overseen various functions at the Company in his previous roles as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commerce Officer, including product manufacturing and sourcing, inventory planning and management, transportation, logistics and warehousing, and customer service. Michael joined BARK in 2015 after serving as an advisor to the Company since 2012. The dog food category is especially ripe for disruption, and with our newly expanded, state-of-the-art facilities, we will be able to effectively scale BARK’s signature highly-customized approach and offer a truly unique meal product that fosters healthier, happier dogs while simplifying the lives of their owners.” Novotny added, “I am excited to lead BARK Eats at this critical time in its evolution. The Company also announced that it has significantly expanded its fulfillment center in Columbus, Ohio to support the continued rollout of BARK Eats, BARK’s healthy, personalized meal subscription service developed by veterinary nutritionists and tailored to the breed, age, size, and lifestyle of customers’ dogs. Additionally, Michael has been instrumental in expanding BARK’s key businesses and he is well suited to spearhead BARK Eats.” Anil possesses significant expertise in optimizing e-commerce and supply chain operations, while Olly is a renowned machine learning and artificial intelligence specialist with a distinguished track record of leveraging data and technology to improve business outcomes. Over the past several months, we have made significant headway bolstering our management team with individuals who are proven leaders in their respective fields, share our core values, and have a profound love for dogs. Manish Joneja, Chief Executive Officer of BARK, said, “A key pillar to BARK’s long-term success is the strength, passion and excellence of our people. Prior to joining BARK, he served as Vice President, Marketing Technology, Data & Machine Learning at e-commerce retailer Zulily. In this role, he will be responsible for managing BARK's enterprise big data, analytics, data science and machine learning strategy, expanding personalization of the BARK customer experience, and enabling data-driven decision making at scale across the business. patents, has joined BARK as Vice President of Data, Analytics and Machine Learning.
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Olly Downs, a machine learning scientist, seasoned technology leader and serial technology entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience and 41 U.S.In this role, he will manage all aspects of BARK’s inbound, fulfillment and outbound operations, and will focus on enhancing the Company’s cost efficient and predictable supply chain and delivery experience for BARK customers. Anil Nair, who brings over 15 years of public company experience spanning retail, supply chain, product management and analytics and was most recently Director, Global Logistics at Amazon, will become Chief Supply Chain Officer.In this role, he will work alongside co-founder Carly Strife to lead the Company’s high-quality, personalized nutrition and meal business as it continues to scale and prepares for nationwide rollout in 2022. Michael Novotny, who has served as Chief Operating Officer of BARK since 2019, has been named President of BARK Eats.The Original BARK Company (NYSE: BARK) (“BARK” or the “Company”), a leading global omni-channel brand for dogs and the company behind BarkBox, today announced the expansion of its leadership team to advance the Company’s long-term strategic growth plans. Appointed Michael Novotny President of BARK Eats, Named Anil Nair Chief Supply Chain Officer and Olly Downs Vice President of Data, Analytics and Machine Learning
