Chase Twomey Email Address

Managing Partner

Since 2011, small businesses and individuals have been blown away by our great prices and huge selection of more than 1 MILLION industrial supply products. Plus, they Eve enjoyed how easy it is to do business with Zoro and the quick delivery we offer. And did we mention our terrific team of dedicated customer service professionals

As an entrepreneurial distribution business executive/CMO/founder, I’m passionate about the rapidly evolving digital sales environment and the challenges and opportunities it provides. I’m most excited to be wearing a lot of hats, continuously finding ways to test, learn, and scale sales growth in distribution businesses. As a founder of one of the fastest-growing industrial supply startups, Zoro.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of W.W. Grainger, I worked with my digital, brand, and promotional marketing teams to grow the company from $0 to $650M+ annually with 400+ employees. The foundation for growth was established early, nurturing an entrepreneurial culture that yielded empowered decision-makers through simple goals, transparency, and test-learn-scale thinking. This award-winning culture, recognized by the Chicago Tribune and Entrepreneur Magazine, among others, drove a sense of ownership at every level and helped attract like-minded employees. Zoro succeeded where other distribution businesses fail by building scale into homegrown marketing platforms, as well as the supply chain. We chose to scale the business rather than outsource digital sales teams, growing from 250K to 4M+ products. We acquired and retained customers at scale by selling on Google, Walmart, and eBay, as well as affiliate and other digital channels. Small business challenges were a part of my childhood growing up in an electrical supply distribution business my father started. I started packing terminals and later pushed the business online and eventually into eCommerce, keeping the company running through 30 years of economic ups and downs. As a change leader, I understand where the distribution industry has been and where it’s rapidly going. Nothing changes if nothing changes. I’m interested in meeting like-minded individuals, so please connect if you feel we could be a mutual resource for each other, or if your team could benefit from someone with my expertise.