Rich Tarrant, Founder and CEO: 

Rich founded MyWebGrocer in 1999. Rich was an early believer in the viability of the online grocery business and developed the company’s first generation eCommerce Platform. He has an impressive record as an entrepreneur in the retail, real estate and health care industries. Rich is a graduate of the University of Vermont and holds a Business degree.

Read the Vermont Business Magazine's article on Rich and MyWebGrocer

Tim Kenney, Chief Operating Officer:

Prior to joining MyWebGrocer,  Tim was the Global General Manager of Imaging Software Development for GE Healthcare Information Technologies. He was responsible for GE’s worldwide Imaging IT software products and a team spanning 10 global offices. Tim was also founder and CEO of an Internet application development company, NYBOR Corporation, from 1993 to 2001. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from St. Michael’s College and a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. 

Read the Champlain Business Journal article on the Buy4Now Acquisition featuring Tim

Curt Alpeter, Senior Vice President:

Curt was formally a Vice President at IDX Systems Corp., a publicly traded healthcare software company based in Burlington, Vermont. As a member of IDX's Senior Operations Team, Curt was responsible for managing the sales, development and operational functions of IDX's most strategic business partnership. During his 15 years at IDX, Curt also spent 10 years in a variety of sales leadership roles. As Vice President of Sales, Curt was responsible for leading a national team of 30 people including regional vice presidents, sales representatives, marketing and administrative staff. Curt holds a BA in Marketing from Miami University, Ohio.

Alec Newcomb, Vice President:  

Alec is an Internet veteran. His experience includes MTV Networks, Lycos and two Internet startups. Alec was the Director of Search and Navigation at Lycos where he led the team that managed the Home Page, Search and Directories that represented 80% of Lycos.com traffic.  He has more than 10 years experience of sales and product marketing with companies such as Bosch, LexiQuest and MTV Networks.

Read the Burlington Free Press Business Monday story on Social Media featuring Alec         

Jeff Downs, Chief Technical Officer:

Jeff has 22 years of software design and development experience across a variety of domains including retail, healthcare, travel and microelectronics. Jeff's research work in the area of graphical interfaces and storage has been published and presented internationally. Jeff has been the Director of Development at MyWebGrocer for six years and has an in-depth understanding of the grocery business. He holds a Computer Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology and a Computing Graphics degree from State University of New York at Alfred.