# Joel Beal

> Joel Beal is the CEO and co-founder of Alloy.ai, a demand and inventory control tower that helps consumer goods brands like Bic, Bosch, Crayola and Ferrero turn messy retailer data into daily, SKU-store-level decisions. A would-be economics academic who walked away from a Stanford PhD because it felt too theoretical, Beal built a career in applied data science at Applied Predictive Technologies and helped scale fintech Addepar from pre-revenue to $300B in assets before founding Alloy in 2016. The idea came from his sister, who spent her weeks manually stitching together retailer spreadsheets for a luxury shoe brand.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Alloy.ai
- **Organizations:** Alloy.ai, Addepar, Applied Predictive Technologies
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** M.A. in Economics (pursued PhD, did not complete), Stanford University, B.A. in Economics-Mathematics, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Alloy.ai, a demand and inventory control tower used by global consumer goods brands including Bic, Bosch, Crayola, Ferrero, Melissa & Doug and Valvoline, Helped grow Addepar from pre-revenue to 180 employees and over $300 billion in assets managed on the platform, Closed Alloy's first major enterprise customer (a global consumer electronics brand) at roughly $350K/year, doubling company revenue overnight

## Career timeline

- **—** — Earned B.A. in Economics-Mathematics from Columbia University
- **—** — Began a PhD in Economics at Stanford, earning an M.A., but left finding academia too theoretical
- **~2009** — Joined Applied Predictive Technologies as a data scientist / engagement manager during the Great Recession, working with major retailers and CPG companies
- **—** — Became VP of Product at Addepar, joining pre-revenue and helping grow it to 180 employees and $300B+ in assets on the platform
- **2016** — Co-founded Alloy (Alloy Technologies / Alloy.ai) and became CEO
- **2018-05** — Raised $12M Series A (total funding ~$15.3M)
- **2021** — Alloy Technologies named an Inc. 5000 honoree

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Alloy.ai, a demand and inventory control tower used by global consumer goods brands including Bic, Bosch, Crayola, Ferrero, Melissa & Doug and Valvoline
- Helped grow Addepar from pre-revenue to 180 employees and over $300 billion in assets managed on the platform
- Closed Alloy's first major enterprise customer (a global consumer electronics brand) at roughly $350K/year, doubling company revenue overnight
- Raised a $12M Series A in 2018; ~$15.3M total funding
- Alloy Technologies recognized as a 2021 Inc. 5000 honoree

## Latest updates

- **2022-02** — Alloy announced its Connected Planning and Execution platform, combining planning and analysis-driven execution on a single platform.

## Links

- Website: https://alloy.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joelcbeal

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