Overview
Jessica Dvorett serves as Chief Growth Officer at Ekyam.ai[1][3]. Dvorett previously held multiple leadership positions at CaaStle, including Senior Vice President of Global Head of Product Marketing & Growth[5], Senior Vice President of Head of Growth Subscription Business[6], and Senior Vice President and General Manager for Haverdash & Gwynnie Bee[7]. Earlier experience includes roles in merchandising at Gwynnie Bee[8], Cole Haan[9][10], and as Founding Partner at JKDirections LLC[4]. Dvorett holds an MBA from Harvard Business School[11] and a BA in Economics from Harvard University[12]. Dvorett has articulated a perspective on retail technology, arguing that inventory management represents a data problem and that companies succeeding in the coming decade will prioritize establishing proper data foundations before implementing artificial intelligence solutions[2].
Profile introduction
The business of retail comes down to a deceptively simple problem: the right product, in the right place, at the right time. It is really an inventory problem, and inventory is really a data problem. That is why I think the AI conversation in retail has it backwards. Everyone is talking about AI, but very few have the data foundation to actually use it. Most retail data is fragmented across systems that were never built to talk to each other, and AI is only as good as the data underneath it. I think the companies that win the next decade will be the ones that fix that foundation first. I a…
Career history
- Chief Growth OfficerFeb 2026 to presentEkyam.ai
- Founding PartnerJun 2025 to presentJKDirections LLC
- Senior Vice President, Global Head of Product Marketing & GrowthApr 2022 to Jun 2025CaaStle
- Senior Vice President, Head of Growth Subscription BusinessMar 2020 to Apr 2022CaaStle
- Senior Vice President, General Manager for Haverdash & Gwynnie BeeNov 2018 to Mar 2020CaaStle
- Vice President of MerchandisingJul 2016 to Nov 2018Gwynnie Bee
- Vice President MerchandisingApr 2015 to Jul 2016Cole Haan
- Vice President Women's MerchandisingApr 2013 to Mar 2015Cole Haan
Education
MBA2003 - 2005Harvard Business School
BA, EconomicsHarvard University
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