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Spencer Hewett

Founder and CEO of RADAR, an RF sensing and computer vision platform for real-time retail inventory in New York City

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Overview

Spencer Hewett is the founder and CEO of RADAR[1], a platform for real-time retail inventory using RF sensing and computer vision[1]. Hewett attended Washington University in St. Louis, where Hewett studied computer engineering before leaving to become a Thiel Fellow[5][12]. Hewett's prior experience includes co-founding Bazaarboy from November 2010 to May 2012[7] and founding Skip from January 2013 to September 2017[6]. Hewett has also completed internships at eBay, Ciright Systems, and Segan Industries[8][9][11], and co-founded Frigid Computer from June 2009 to August 2010[10]. Hewett attended Y Combinator[13] and StartX from June to October 2013[14].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [3]

I like to build things.

Career history

  1. Founder/CEOJan 2013 to presentRADAR
  2. Thiel FellowMay 2012 to presentThe Thiel Foundation
  3. FounderJan 2013 to Sep 2017Skip
  4. Co-FounderNov 2010 to May 2012Bazaarboy
  5. InternJun 2011 to Sep 2011eBay
  6. Intern2011 to 2011Ciright Systems, Inc
  7. Co FounderJun 2009 to Aug 2010Frigid Computer
  8. InternJul 2009 to Aug 2009Segan Industries Inc

Education

  1. WUBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering (left for Thiel Fellowship)Washington University in St. Louis
  2. Y Combinator
  3. StartXJun 2013 - Oct 2013

Insights & ideas

Spencer Hewett, founder and CEO of RADAR, focuses his public commentary on the future of RFID in retail and how it can be paired with computer vision to solve inventory accuracy problems that have long dogged brick-and-mortar operations [1][2]. He discusses RADAR's proprietary hardware and software platform, which combines RFID and computer vision to give retailers real-time visibility into inventory [2]. In his conversation with Omni Talk Retail, he addresses where RFID technology is headed in retail and speaks to Radar's growing role in that trajectory [1]. Across these discussions, his recurring theme is that solving operational blind spots around inventory, one of retail's biggest challenges, requires combining sensing technologies rather than relying on RFID or vision systems alone [2].

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