Mick founded Kiva Systems in January 2003 after spending thirteen years in high tech product development, manufacturing, operations and marketing. Prior to Kiva, Mick worked on a business process team at Webvan designing a next generation distribution strategy for grocery home delivery, during which he experienced first-hand the high cost of order fulfillment and the inflexibility of existing material handling systems. Prior to joining Webvan, Mick spent three years in product marketing at Apple Computer as a Product Manager where he helped move many new technologies into the standard desktop platform including FireWire, DVD, Fast Ethernet, and 3D graphics acceleration. He began his career at Motorola, where he spent seven years working as both a Mechanical and a Manufacturing Engineer. In 2008 Mick was a winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in the New England region, and in 2009 under Mick’s leadership Kiva was ranked #6 on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing companies in America. Mick holds five United States technology patents. He earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.

Mitch Rosenberg - VP of Marketing

Mark Mastandrea - VP of Customer Solutions

Mark is responsible for ensuring that Kiva's customers maximize the performance of their Kiva Mobile Fulfillment System, leading Customer Solutions Design, Performance Analysis, and Continuing Engineering. Prior to joining Kiva, Mark held operations and supply chain roles at industry leaders such as Amazon.com, Weight Watchers, Hewlett-Packard and Webvan. At Amazon.com, Mark was Director of Fulfillment, where he led fulfillment operations for the UK and for a US fulfillment center, driving improvement in quality, productivity, output, and safety. Prior to Amazon.com, Mark was the Program Director at Webvan, where he managed the program from concept through launch, then becoming Director of Distribution for the Bay Area. Mark began his career in operations as a software developer for Oracle's ERP system, and has worked as a management consultant at Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath. Mark holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry and Biology, and Master of Science Degrees in Management and Materials Science and Engineering from MIT.

Rob Stevens - VP of Business Development

Rob is responsible for business development at Kiva, working with existing and new customers as well as developing channel and industry partners. Rob joined Kiva from FreeMarkets, Inc., the leading provider of global supply management technology and services. An early member of the FreeMarkets team, Rob helped create and formalize the company's unique online market making offering, and holds eight United States patents as a co-inventor of innovations in the field. Rob started the product management group at FreeMarkets and initiated the company's multi-product strategy before moving to Tokyo to open the Japanese office and act as General Manager. After returning to the U.S., Rob became Director of Strategy and Business Development, where he negotiated a variety of partnerships and acquisitions, as well as leading the company's strategy development. Prior to FreeMarkets, he spent two years as a business analyst with McKinsey and Company in Pittsburgh. Rob holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration from MIT Sloan School of Management.

A seasoned veteran with 22 years of experience in the product development world, Benge leads the Kiva Hardware and Software engineering teams. He is responsible for the overall systems architecture and the product development processes. Benge came to Kiva after 13 years at Deka Research and Development, where he contributed to the design, architecture, and leadership of a number of products, including the iBOT (tm) mobility device, the Segway Human Transporter, and an upper limb prosthetic for DARPA. Prior to DEKA, Benge spent 7 years in the defense industry designing infrared imaging systems. Prior to his role as Kiva's VP of Product Development, he led hardware development of the Kiva's CaseFetch system, as well as the field deployment at a 500 robot customer facility. Benge has Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds 27 patents related to balancing technology.

Jim DeSisto joined Kiva after a variety of successful executive positions with a number of industrial technology companies. Before joining Kiva, Jim was Chief Operating Officer of a private equity backed technology company that he helped turn profitable and cash flow positive with additional sales bookings, customer shipments, and cost controls before selling the company to a larger public company. Prior to this, he was General Manager with profit and loss ownership of $100 and $400 million dollar industrial aerospace businesses with Honeywell/AlliedSignal, where he led significant revenue/profit growth, operational improvements, and cost reduction programs. Jim has also worked as manufacturing manager, program manager, and consultant with roles emphasizing cellular/lean manufacturing, process improvements, six sigma, and cost productivity. He earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.

As Vice President of Professional Services, J.D. drives all aspects of Kiva delivery and customer care, including Deployment Services and Customer Support. JD has more than 16 years of experience in operations and professional services leadership and is well known in the supply chain marketplace for his extensive background in innovative implementation practices, his focus on high-value customer solutions, and for bringing a “trusted advisor” approach to all aspects of professional services. Prior to Kiva Systems, JD served as Executive Vice President of Nexiant, where he guided the Board and management team towards new value-added technology and services that resulted in the opening of new markets. JD was also Vice President of Operations for HighJump Software, a 3M Company, where he profitably grew the organization from an $18M start-up to a $55M global organization, ultimately completing a successful sale of the company to 3M. He also held senior executive positions at Vision Technologies and Ernst & Young. JD holds a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin. He has an extensive background in Supply Chain, Distribution, Manufacturing, High Tech, and Six Sigma methods and tools.

John Dugan - VP of Business Operations

John leads Kiva’s internal business operations including finance, human resources, legal, information systems and corporate affairs. Prior to joining Kiva, John advised over twenty technology companies through all stages of growth and outcome as a corporate attorney at Orrick and Venture Law Group in Silicon Valley. John has negotiated and closed numerous company critical transactions including public offerings, venture capital financings, licensing revenue deals and both private and public mergers and acquisitions. Earlier in his career, John served as a Captain in the U.S. Army leading artillery units and worked as an operations manager at Stryker Endoscopy, a medical device company. John holds a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.