Melissa Baird is our Chief Operating Officer. She brings nearly 10 years of operations and technology leadership in the direct-to-consumer space to Hims as well as over a decade of scientific research experience. Prior to joining Hims in February 2018, Melissa served as Vice President of Systems and Procedures for Draper James, and General Manager of Onefinestay. Melissa also helped build direct-to-consumer mainstays Bonobos, where she would ultimately serve as the Vice President of Operations & Product Management and Zulily, where she was Product Manager of Supply Chain Operations; holding responsibility for internalizing Zulily’s fulfillment operations and scaling through technology programs. From 2001 to 2011, Melissa held a variety of scientific research roles spanning from Lab Technician for the Human Genome Project to Geneticist, primarily studying population genetics on marine organisms.