Chris Homer

Co-Founder & CTO thredUp

Chris Homer is the CTO of thredUP. Over the last 10 years, he and his co-founders at thredUP built the team behind the worlds largest online consignment store.  With 2M items in inventory and 1M items in and out every month across 4 distribution centers, the thredUP marketplace is a highly dynamic and rich data playground. Prior to thredUP, Chris worked at Microsoft and attended HBS & Princeton. He's a maker & builder at heart and has a passion for marketplace dynamics. Chris is responsible for engineering and data science at thredUP, which includes the merchandising science group in charge of supply, pricing, payouts and product visibility.  His team at thredUP is diverse & talented, spans the globe and is energized by their mission to inspire a new generation to think secondhand first.