# Anthony Rotio

> Anthony Rotio is GrowthLoop’s co-founder and co-CEO, appointed alongside Tameem Iftikhar in April 2026. A Harvard computer science graduate and former football player, he previously worked in marketing and owned retail at AB InBev, invented Pizza Shelf, and built GrowthLoop’s customer and cloud-partnership work.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Co-CEO at GrowthLoop
- **Organizations:** GrowthLoop, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Pizza Shelf
- **Education:** B.A. in Computer Science, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Invented Pizza Shelf., Led a $100M AB InBev owned retail business unit with P&L responsibility., Built GrowthLoop teams in data engineering, data science and solutions architecture as Chief Customer Officer.

## Career timeline

- **2007-2011** — Studied computer science at Harvard and played football.
- **2011** — Personal portfolio lists machine-learning work for the Indianapolis Colts in June 2011.
- **Before GrowthLoop** — Served as AB InBev marketing director and led its owned retail business unit.
- **2016** — Public coverage identified him as Pizza Shelf inventor.
- **By 2024** — Chief Data Strategy Officer at GrowthLoop, following an earlier Chief Customer Officer role.
- **2025** — Presented GrowthLoop’s Meet the Growth Agents video series.
- **2026-04-09** — Appointed GrowthLoop co-CEO alongside Tameem Iftikhar.

## Achievements

- Invented Pizza Shelf.
- Led a $100M AB InBev owned retail business unit with P&L responsibility.
- Built GrowthLoop teams in data engineering, data science and solutions architecture as Chief Customer Officer.
- Helped build GrowthLoop’s Google Cloud and Snowflake co-selling partnerships.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Named GrowthLoop co-CEO with Tameem Iftikhar.
- **2026-06** — Commented on GrowthLoop’s audience-targeting partnership with Gopuff.
- **2026-09** — Commented on GrowthLoop’s Commerce Media Investment Index, released September 30.
- **2026-10** — Discussed causal evidence, human decision authority and composable CDP tradeoffs in a Martechvibe interview.

## Links

- Website: https://rotio.net/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-rotio-5b80b39
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.rotio/

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Last updated: 2026-10-11