Management Team

Chieh Huang co-founded and has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Boxed since 2013. During his tenure as Chief Executive Officer of Boxed, Mr. Huang has led the company’s growth from its inception and was instrumental in overseeing the expansion of Boxed’s delivery capabilities to the entire continental United States. Mr. Huang also managed Boxed’s investments in technology, allowing Boxed to run its own fulfillment centers and develop its proprietary automation robotics in-house. Prior to founding Boxed, Mr. Huang was the Chief Executive Officer of Astro Ape Studios (“Astro Ape”), one of the first mobile social-gaming studios. In 2011, Astro Ape was acquired by social gaming pioneer Zynga, and Mr. Huang later became the Director of Zynga Mobile NY. Mr. Huang serves as a board member of the Museum of Chinese in America and New York Cares, and serves as an advisory board member of McLaren Racing. Mr. Huang received his B.A. in economics at The Johns Hopkins University and holds a J.D. from Fordham University.

Mark Zimowski has served as Boxed’s Chief Financial Officer since April 2021. Mr. Zimowski joined Boxed in October 2016 as one of its initial finance hires. Since joining the team, Mr. Zimowski has worked in a number of positions with Boxed’s Finance & Strategy team, including as Senior Analyst, Senior Manager, Senior Director and Vice President. He established the company’s financial planning and analysis function, helping to centralize its reporting and construct its performance management framework. In addition, he helped lead the development of its paid loyalty program, Boxed Up, and its Software & Services business, and played a pivotal role in the raise of more than $200.0 million across more than five rounds of equity and debt capital. Prior to joining Boxed, Mr. Zimowski worked at Court Square Capital Partners, where he focused on majority investments and portfolio management across software and tech-enabled services companies. He began his career within the Technology, Media, and Telecom team at UBS Investment Bank, advising technology, media and telecommunications clients across a wide range of mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. Mr. Zimowski graduated Cum Laude from Boston College, receiving a B.S. in Finance & Economics with Honors from the Carroll School of Management.

Jared Yaman co-founded and has served as the Chief Operating Officer of Boxed and a member of its board of directors since 2013. During his tenure as Chief Operating Officer of Boxed, Mr. Yaman helped lead the company’s expansion to the entire continental United States and helped coordinate its investment in technology. Mr. Yaman received his B.S. in economics at the University of Michigan and holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

David Miller has served as Chief Technology Officer since joining Boxed in October 2021, bringing over 20 years of experience as a technology teams leader. From July 2014 until October 2021, Mr. Miller served as the Senior Vice President of Technology at OnDeck Capital. During his tenure at OnDeck Capital, Mr. Miller oversaw the technology team whose platform delivered over $14 billion in capital to small businesses domestically and abroad. Mr. Miller's earlier experience includes engineering and leadership positions serving a broad scope of industries, such as hospitality, online advertising, education, and financial services. Mr. Miller holds a B.S. in Business from the University of Baltimore, and an MBA from the Sellinger School of Business at Loyola University, Maryland.

Alison Weick serves as President, E-Commerce of Boxed. Ms. Weick joined Boxed in January 2020 to run the marketing team. Under her leadership, the team successfully grew the paid loyalty program, improved customer acquisition and retention efforts, and spearheaded customer segmentation analysis. In December of 2020, she took on the additional role of managing the Retail businesses. In this role, she is focused on driving sales and profitability, and improving the overall customer experience. Prior to joining Boxed, Ms. Weick had a 20+ year career as a general manager and marketing executive at both public companies and start-ups. From July 2017 until December 2019, Ms. Weick was a marketing consultant to early stage start-ups. Before then, Ms. Weick was the VP, Marketing at WayBetter, a Series A funded health and wellness start-up, where she served from September 2011 until June 2017. Ms. Weick has also held previous leadership roles at Barnes & Noble, Weight Watchers, and Omnicom Group. Ms. Weick received her B.S. in Applied Economics from Cornell University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Veracelle Vega is a human capital executive with over 20 years of delivering and building high performing companies. She joined Boxed this past March 2022 as Chief People Officer. Her responsibilities include leading and developing all People strategies including organizational effectiveness, talent management, employee engagement, compensation and total rewards, learning + development and talent acquisition and creating a world class work culture with a focus on DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging). Most recently, Veracelle served as the Chief People Officer at Resident, the direct-to-consumer mattress company where she led the company to be awarded and recognized as a "Best Place to Work" organization three years in a row by BuiltInNYC.com. Veracelle’s earlier experience includes leadership roles in human resources spanning diverse industries including technology and entertainment, notably 21st Century Fox and News Corp, and various tech startups. She started her HR career as a Presidential Management Fellow during which she held assignments at the Social Security Administration and the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Veracelle is a frequent podcast contributor and panelist on talent development and company culture transformation through positive change. She is also an alumni of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, where she taught English as a Second Language in Oita City, Japan. Veracelle received a M.S. in public administration from Villanova University, a B.S. in political science from Syracuse University, and is a part-time adjunct professor at Villanova University where she teaches Human Resources Management. She is also a Board Trustee at Saint Saviour Catholic Academy in Park Slope. Veracelle lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Christopher Hansen and their three children.

Jung Choi is General Counsel & Secretary at Boxed. She serves as member of the senior executive team and is responsible for all legal and compliance matters, including corporate and securities law, corporate governance, litigation, commercial transactions, employment and intellectual property. She also serves as Corporate Secretary to the Boxed Board of Directors and its committees. Most recently, Jung served as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Secretary at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (SBD), a diversified global provider of hand and power tools, industrial applications, and healthcare solutions. She served as a key member of the senior legal leadership team with responsibility over public company reporting and securities regulation, corporate governance, executive compensation and the SBD's Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) shareholder engagement strategy. She also oversaw the Global Ethics and Compliance department and the Global Privacy Office. In addition, Jung directly supported the SBD board and its committees. Prior to joining SBD, Jung worked at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a global biopharmaceutical company, where she was responsible for public company reporting, capital markets transactions, corporate governance and ESG. Jung began her legal career as a corporate associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York and Hong Kong. Jung received her J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center, and her B.A. in Political Science and International Studies, cum laude, from Yale University. Jung is a recipient of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Best Under 40 Award, is a fellow for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity and has served in several leadership positions for the Society of Corporate Governance and the Asian American Bar Association of New York. Jung regularly speaks on securities law, governance, ESG and other legal topics.

Kevin Dell is the Deputy General Counsel and Interim Secretary for the company.