Faster fulfillment for everyone.
The Story Behind Our Story
In 2011 Rylan Hamilton and Jerome Dubois met at Kiva Systems. Fast forward to 2015, Rylan is running Solutions at Amazon Robotics and Jerome is running strategic initiatives within Amazon's Seller Services organization. During this time Chris Cacioppo was building interactive hardware and software solutions.
The team knew the benefits robotics and software could bring to fulfillment but were also aware of the limitations of existing offerings. With e-commerce growth accelerating, technology advancing and customers demanding better service, the team saw the conditions for the “perfect storm.” So they decided to jump in.
6 River Systems was founded on redefining fulfillment, the idea of making warehouses faster with flexible, human first and innovative products that deliver immediate value. Today, as part of global commerce leader Shopify, the journey continues to empower operators and entrepreneurs to compete in a multi-channel commerce world.
Our History
Our Fulfillment Solution
Empowering Associates & Operators
6 River Systems can double or triple the productivity of your warehouse associates—at half the cost of traditional automation and without requiring any new infrastructure or changing your warehouse layout.
Give Your Team the Right Tools
- Improve putaway, picking, sortation, packing and shipping
- Interleave replenishment and other tasks to improve utilization of people and equipment across the facility for additional efficiency
- Go live in 2-4 weeks, achieve 2-3x increase in pick rates and realize full payback in 12-18 months
Assign Work Intelligently
- Smart allocation rules assign work from your order pool to optimize picking efficiency
- 6RS supports singles, batch, discrete, zone and cluster picking - simultaneously
- Associates are guided through a cart-build process at induction; totes can also be automatically loaded
Make the Job Better
- Accelerate training time and empower your workforce to succeed quickly
- Safer than manual, heavy carts that lead to fatigue and injuries
- Reduce walking by up to 50%
Integrate and Expand Seamlessly
- Integrate into any WMS— COTS, custom or cloud
- Scales and flexes to meet seasonality and peak demands, without costly or disruptive infrastructure changes
- Gain new capabilities through integration with peripheral devices and automation tools, with minimal disruption
Make Data-Informed Decisions
- Real-time intelligence and operations dashboards help identify trends and deliver proactive notifications so you can address problems before they occur
- AI and machine learning enable the 6RS solution to deliver even more value over time
- Continuous software updates enable new functionality without any hardware or infrastructure changes
Meet Members Of Our Team
Our 150+ person team has decades of automation, software and operations experience. We have designed, built and deployed systems with 100,000+ robots in use. No other team in the world has our experience in designing large-scale mobile robotic solutions for warehouses.
Adam Vigneaux
Software Engineering
Adam Vigneaux
Full stack developer with a focus on front end and user experience.
Alexa Mellon
Product
Alexa Mellon
Product manager and avid croc enthusiast. Passionate about people, reading, and conversation.
Bryce Bell
Finance/HR
Bryce Bell
Corporate Controller with a soft spot for order fulfillment and robots. Finance and accounting background in e-commerce at both tech startups and global organizations.
Callie Moriarty
Customer Success
Callie Moriarty
Customer success manager and communications enthusiast. Very likely to befriend people (and dogs) on all forms of transportation. When not traveling to see her customers, Callie is probably running, baking cookies or working on the puzzle of the month.
Catherine Jones (CJ) Franey
Product
Catherine Jones (CJ) Franey
Product person with a background in eCommerce and order management. Loves animals, spending time outside, and being a detective while she researches her family tree.
Ellen Patridge
Product
Ellen Patridge
Inventory nerd with a degree in Operations Research Engineering. When not working, can most likely be found baking or drumming.
Eran Frenkel
TechOps
Eran Frenkel
Head of the Technical Operations team deploying Chucks to new sites and supporting existing sites. Loves scaling automation, building teams, playing with robots and spending time with family.
Evan Hovaniak
Hardware Engineering
Evan Hovaniak
Northeastern grad. Been working with robots since 2014.
Félix Rodríguez
Software Engineering
Félix Rodríguez
Software Engineer lead of the Tools and Simulation team. Spent his previous career designing very large scale simulation systems for pilot and military training. While not playing at work, he loves playing board games, solving puzzles and dancing Salsa.
Gillan Hawkes
Product
Gillan Hawkes
E-commerce/retail/product person with a lot to learn about robots! (so forgive all the questions!) Live locally, so plan on biking to work, have 2 young sons and love running & trying new foods.
Jamie Hall
Deployment
Jamie Hall
Graduated from Columbia. Focused on configurations and integration at 6RS. Loves high-energy activities and letting the weekend unfold.
Jeff Cohen
Operations
Jeff Cohen
IT solutions provider, guitar slinger and dad with a passion for downhill skiing, irony, ridiculously spicy food, and all things music.
Joe Hughes
DevOps
Joe Hughes
Software Engineer with a focus on development tooling, cloud infrastructure and creating a productive DevOps culture.
Katy Powers
Software Engineering
Katy Powers
Roboticist focused on navigation, perception and all things robot. Outside of work, mostly found in the climbing gym.
Kayla Comalli
Software Engineering
Kayla Comalli
Software Engineer focused on behavioral logic and adding shiny new features. Loves reading, EDM, rock climbing, parkour and MtG.
Marc Rousseau
Software Engineering
Marc Rousseau
I have a BE and ME in EE. Prior to 6RS I built educational technology at Mimio.
Natali Taglic
Marketing
Natali Taglic
Field events coordinator. Enjoys playing soccer and kickball with Social Boston Sports league and traveling with her family and friends. Works on an app on the side, and is halfway decent at bbqing.
Nick Tantisujjatham
Hardware Engineering
Nick Tantisujjatham
Love mechatronics, control systems engineering, and robotics!
Nik Ivanov
Software Engineering
Nik Ivanov
Software engineer with a passion for ultimate frisbee and 3D printing. Loves nature and dogs. Will talk your ear off about advantages of sous vide cooking.
Perry Haynsworth
Program Management
Perry Haynsworth
A former nuclear engineer in the US Navy. As a Program Manager, I try to make our deployment projects go as smoothly as possible. My wife is sick of hearing about robots.
Rebecca Catania
Deployment
Rebecca Catania
Graduated from Merrimack College with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. Loves animals, kickboxing and all outdoor activities. When not out on customer deployments, Rebecca enjoys time with friends and family.
Reed Boyer
Deployment
Reed Boyer
Studied mechanical engineering in school. Helps ensure robots are operating optimally onsite. Pastimes include skiing, traveling, studying Chinese and chasing after robots.
Sean Howe
Deployment
Sean Howe
Graduated from Dartmouth with a degree in mechanical engineering. When not working with Chucks, enjoys hanging with family and friends, exercising, adventuring, reading and meeting new people.
Thomas Varner
Software Engineering
Thomas Varner
Full stack developer building the future. ; )
Tucker Moffat
Product Management
Tucker Moffat
Product manager with an engineering background and experience improving warehouse performance through automation. Can be found snow skiing or waterskiing on the weekends.
Vino Gupta
QA
Vino Gupta
Loves to break things (thankfully for neighbors, mostly software) and getting stuck things unstuck. Free time spent on humanitarian and disaster relief service projects. Other activities include sailing, scuba and learning to paddleboard. Can ask for directions in 6 languages. Currently learning German.
Zach Hirschtritt
Software Engineering
Zach Hirschtritt
Background in biology and long-time educator. Interests abound: home automation, IoT wizardry, diy metalworking, and cycling advocacy.
Zoe Peirce
Office Coordinator
Zoe Peirce
Office Coordinator. Born and raised in Boston, went to California for college but somehow found my way back home with a pup named Luna. Lover of animals and the outdoors. Former soccer player and huge sports fan.