Former Shopify executive joins large-scale Houston e-commerce software company

Houston-based e-commerce software and services company Cart.com has hired a former Shopify executive as its chief human resources officer.

Before joining Cart.com, Lani Doyle was director of human resources at Strategic Solutions Group, a healthcare software provider. Previously, she was vice president of human resources and human operations at 6 River Systems, a provider of warehouse software and robotics. Prior to that, Doyle was responsible for talent development and operations at Shopify, an e-commerce platform for businesses that reported $7.1 billion in 2023 revenue.

“Cart.com is one of the fastest growing commerce companies today, and I’m excited to partner with our teams to help drive growth and scalability,” Doyle said in a press release. “I look forward to helping shape our culture and developing programs that support and elevate high-performing teams, ensuring we achieve our ambitious goals.”

Omair Tariq, founder and CEO of Cart.com, describes Doyle as a “strategic leader” who will help grow the startup’s ever-growing team. The company, founded in 2020 in Houston, employs more than 1,600 people.

“His deep expertise in HR strategy and talent development will be instrumental in accelerating our growth trajectory and fostering a dynamic work culture,” said Frank Parker, Chief Operating Officer of Cart.com.

In February, Cart.com made another high-profile decision by promotion of Joe Barth from senior vice president of fulfillment to director of logistics.

Cart.com has over 6,000 customers. The company handles over 75 million orders per year from 14 fulfillment centers in the United States.

Earlier this year, Tariq joined the Houston Innovators podcast to share a little about his company’s growth and move from Austin to Houston.

“I think Austin fulfilled his role. It’s definitely allowed us to be in the spotlight in all the right ways, and I’m grateful for that,” Tariq says on the show. “But once we got to a certain point, once we closed our Series C funding round and became a unicorn…I think we’re now at a scale where the infrastructure that Houston provides is probably something that will be more attractive and useful for us in the long run. »