Ken Pilot

Ken Pilot

Senior Vice President Marketing
Ken Pilot Ventures

Ken Pilot has over 30 years of retail, C-level operating experience at Gap, J.Crew, Ralph Lauren, American Eagle and ABC Carpet & Home. Ken served as a board member to the Lenox Corp, Alternative Apparel and currently sits on the board of Dormify. Ken actively invests in technology that supports retail and brand growth focusing on early stage solutions that address online, stores, marketing and operations. He takes on an active role with each investment supporting the founder/team as an operating partner. Ken’s advisory work and investments include: PredictSpring, Lily.ai, FindMine, Narvar, Ometria, Wunderkind, Toolio, 42 Technologies, Dropit, Firework, Fabric, Radar and Knot Standard.

Ken’s retail operating experience combined with his knowledge of technology provide strong
guidance at the board level as well as with companies that he advises. Ken advises retail brands providing a variety of services that support scaling businesses.

Ken is an adviser to The Lead, ReThink Retail, Alpaca VC and Provenance Digital.

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