About Us
Who We Are:
Founded in 1999, MyWebGrocer is based in Colchester, Vermont. MyWebGrocer maintains a full service team of development, database, networking, website design, and customer service professionals. It currently provides a variety of eCommerce and eMarketing services to more than 80 retail grocery chains. MyWebGrocer also manages the website and fulfillment technology for Netgrocer.com, a large internet based grocery provider focused on non-perishable products shipped nationally and internationally.
In addition, we also provide fulfillment services and software solutions to several national consumer packaged goods manufacturers.
Rich Tarrant, Founder and CEO
Rich founded MyWebGrocer in 1999, Rich was an early believer in the viability of the online grocery business and developed our first generation eCommerce Platform. He has an impressive record as an entrepreneur in the retail, real estate, and health care industries. Rich is a graduate of the University of Vermont and holds a Business degree.
Tim Kenney, COO
Prior to joining MyWebGrocer Tim was the global general manager of imaging software development for GE Healthcare Information Technologies where he was responsible for GE’s worldwide Imaging IT software products and team spanning 10 global offices. Tim was also founder and CEO of an earlier internet application development company, NYBOR Corporation, from 1993 to 2001. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from St. Michael’s College and a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Jeff Downs, CIO
Jeff has 22 years of software design and development experience across a variety of domains including retail, healthcare, travel, and microelectronics. Jeff's research work in the area of graphical interfaces and storage has been published and presented internationally. Jeff has been the Director of Development at MyWebGrocer for six years and has an in-depth understanding of the grocery business. Jeff holds a Computer Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology and a Computing Graphics degree from State University of New York at Alfred.
Curt Alpeter, Senior Vice President, Sales
Curt was formally a Vice President at IDX Systems Corp., a publicly traded healthcare software company based in Burlington, Vermont. As a member of IDX's Senior Operations Team, Curt was responsible for managing the sales, development and operational functions of IDX's most strategic business partnership. During his 15 years at IDX, Curt also spent 10 years in a variety of sales leadership roles. As Vice President of Sales, Curt was responsible for leading a national team of 30 people including regional vice presidents, sales representatives, marketing and administrative staff. Curt holds a BA in Marketing from Miami University, Ohio.
Alec Newcomb, Vice President MyWebLink
Alec is an Internet veteran with experience including MTV Networks, Lycos, and two Internet start ups. Alec was the Director of Search & Navigation at Lycos where he led the team that managed the Home Page of Lycos, Search, and Directories that represented 80% of Lycos.com traffic. He has more than 10 years of sales and product marketing experience with companies such as Bosch, LexiQuest, and MTV Networks.
Heather Drake, Director Operations
Heather is responsible for leading the operations group at MyWebGrocer. This includes new store roll-outs, reporting, e-mail services and customer service. Prior to her assuming leadership of the Operations Team, she was on the development team as a software engineer. Heather served as an officer in the military before joining MyWebGrocer. She holds a Computer Science Engineering degree from Norwich University.
