Alyssa Kessler

About Alyssa Kessler

Trove is the market leader in branded resale and trade-in for world-class brands and retailers such as Canada Goose, lululemon, Patagonia, REI, Levi’s, Arc’teryx, Allbirds, and more. Through its proprietary Recommerce Operating System, Trove is accelerating the shift toward more sustainable business models, foundational for circularity. Over the last decade, Trove has equipped leading brands with technology and operations to create and scale branded resale programs by enabling customer trade-in of items, single-SKU identification and condition grading, site build and maintenance, and customer data collection, analytics and reporting. A Certified B Corporation, Trove is pioneering a new era of retail essential to a more sustainable future. Check out our open roles! https://trove.co/careers/ We are looking for entrepreneurial, collaborative, and curious people committed to powering the new ecommerce experience for beloved brands, advocating for ethical fashion, and making a big impact on the environment.

Experience

1. Director of Talent Acquisition

   Trove

   Jan 2022 — Present · Bozeman, MT, US

   Recognized by FastCo in 2022 as one of the World Changing Ideas Awards and in 2020 as one of the World\'s Most Innovative Companies, Trove powers resale as a channel for the world\'s most beloved brands, extending the life of millions of products and creating more inclusive, less wasteful business models. We power the technology, operations, and analytics enabling retailers to stand up a scalable and profitable branded recommerce channel. Our end-to-end item intelligence optimizes every step of the circular journey and transforms complex logistics into a joyful customer experience, adding to brand equity without increasing carbon emissions. Building and implementing this technology can’t come soon enough, resale is growing at 5 times the rate of e-commerce and 21 times the rate of traditional retail. A certified B-Corp, we power in-store and online retail for leaders such as Patagonia, REI, Eileen Fisher, Arc’teryx, Lululemon, Levi’s, and Allbirds with the mission of accelerating the shift to a new era of conscious commerce essential to a sustainable future.

Education

• Western Washington University

  BA, Communication

  2004 — 2008