Javier Palafox
Javier Palafox is the co-founder and COO of HappyRobot, a San Francisco-based AI company building automation workflows for logistics and supply chain operations. He previously served as CFO of Deoleo, a Spanish consumer packaged goods company and the world's leading olive oil company, where he managed North American operations. He co-founded HappyRobot in 2022 with his brother Pablo Palafox and Luis Paarup after observing the operational impact of poor communication in logistics during his tenure at Deoleo.
“He literally had to hire interns to call drivers to see where they were, to see where the shipment was, because Walmart was asking him, where the hell is my shipment of olive oil?”
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