Radar names new chief technology officer

Technological retail inventory tracker Radar announced on Tuesday the appointment of Zach Little to the role of chief technology officer, effective July 22.

In the role, Little will oversee all Radar product development initiatives, reporting directly to CEO, Spencer Hewett. Little replaces Paul Petrus, who will continue to be a senior advisor to the company as one of Radar’s largest stakeholders, said the New York-based company.

A technology veteran, Little has more than two decades of experience leading the development of products that rely on computer vision, lidar, radar and other technologies. He most recently served as VP of engineering at global automotive technology company Luminar Technologies, where he oversaw development of the company’s lidar products. Prior to that, the executive was VP of hardware and firmware at Argo AI, where he directed all hardware engineering efforts for the autonomous vehicle technology company.

He previously spent more than seven years at Apple, serving as head of the camera engineering program management organisation, after working as program manager for the health solutions group and Windows division at Microsoft.

In the same announcement, Radar also announced that Morgan Levine, former VP of legal and compliance at Farfetch, has joined Radar as general counsel, reporting directly to chief growth officer, Eric Mogil.

“Zach is a respected leader who combines technology expertise and the ability to get large hardware and software engineering teams to move in unison to accomplish business goals with lightning speed,” said Hewett. “His unique skill set and strategic mindset make him an ideal fit for Radar. At the same time, we’re delighted to welcome Morgan Levine as General Counsel as we accelerate our business momentum.”

Radar is a RFID and AI-powered inventory-tracking platform that uses “computer vision” to help retailers and sales associates in-store find what products are available on-site and where they are located.

Little and Levine join a growing roster of new executives, engineers and customer experience leads at Radar from the likes of Amazon, Google, Zara, Meta, and Uniqlo, as the tech firm enters a new phase of growth.