Adam Goetsch
InvestorOperating Partner and Head of e-Commerce at Aea Investors
Spokane, Washington, United States
About
Adam Goetsch is an Operating Partner and Head of e-Commerce on AEA's Middle Market Private Equity team, where he works with portfolio companies to improve their e-Commerce customer experiences and operating performance. Before AEA, he co-founded and served as managing partner of Inflection Shift Consulting, an e-Commerce consulting firm, and previously spent 14 years at Amazon.com in roles including general manager of its Lawn & Garden, Home & Furniture, and Automotive Parts & Service categories. He began his career at Ernst & Young and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Invests in
E-commerce
Experience
- AEA Investors LPOperating Partnercurrent2024 — present
- AEA Investors LPOperating Executive & Head of E-commerce2022 — 2023
- TileBarMember Board of Directorscurrent2023 — present
- Inflection Shift ConsultingCo-Founder / Managing Partner2020 — 2022
- AmazonDirector, Category and Technology Leader, Automotive2015 — 2020
- AmazonDirector, Category Leader, Home Products2012 — 2015
- AmazonDirector, Category Leader, Lawn & Garden2012
- AmazonSr. Manager, Category Leader, Lawn & Garden2011 — 2012Greater Seattle Area
- AmazonSr. Manager, Divisional Merchandising Manager (DMM), Home2010 — 2011
- AmazonSr. Manager, Buying and Operations, Video Games2008 — 2010
- AmazonSr. Buyer, Video Games2008
- AmazonSr. Product Manager2007
- AmazonProduct Manager2006 — 2007
- Capgemini (formerly Ernst & Young)Sr. Consultant2002 — 2004
- Capgemini (formerly Ernst & Young)Consultant2000 — 2002
Investments
Board seats
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Aea Investors
Aaron Tobias
Associate at Aea Investors
Abram Turner
Data Scientist, Data Analytics at Aea Investors
Alex Bales
Vice President at Aea Investors
Alex Reedy
Vice President at Aea Investors
Allexandre Mehfar
Partner at Aea Investors
Anne-Sophie Marchal
Associate at Aea Investors
Anneka Kamel
Partner at Aea Investors
Ben Craine
Business Development Associate at Aea Investors
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Adam Goetsch?
- Adam Goetsch is an Operating Partner and Head of e-Commerce on AEA's Middle Market Private Equity team, where he works with portfolio companies to improve their e-Commerce customer experiences and operating performance. Before AEA, he co-founded and served as managing partner of Inflection Shift Consulting, an e-Commerce consulting firm, and previously spent 14 years at Amazon.com in roles including general manager of its Lawn & Garden, Home & Furniture, and Automotive Parts & Service categories. He began his career at Ernst & Young and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
- Where does Adam Goetsch work?
- Adam Goetsch is Operating Partner and Head of e-Commerce at Aea Investors.
- What does Adam Goetsch invest in?
- Adam Goetsch invests in E-commerce.
- What boards does Adam Goetsch sit on?
- Adam Goetsch holds tracked board seats at TileBar.
- Where did Adam Goetsch go to school?
- Adam Goetsch studied at University of Michigan (MBA, Marketing & Corporate Strategy); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MS, Mechanical Engineering).
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