Vypr appoints CloudM co-founder Gary Bennion as Chief Product Officer amid AI push
Product intelligence specialist Vypr has appointed Gary Bennion as its Chief Product Officer. He will lead Product, Engineering and Design as the business develops its innovation and research and development capability.
The move builds on last year’s launch of Vypr Predict, a self-serve research platform designed with AI to help businesses make faster, smarter product decisions.
Bennion co-founded CloudM, a cloud migration and security platform used by companies including Netflix, Spotify, Uber and Booking.com, and later joined employee experience platform Haiilo to shape product strategy.
He says: “Vypr is at an exciting stage of its scale-up journey as it is continuing to attract investment and has a clear plan of where that will be used. The innovation, research and development capability will further strengthen the product intelligence platform and I am joining an incredible, passionate team who fully understand product development and what will help our customers the most.”
Chris Williams, CEO at Vypr, says: “Gary’s calibre and experience of scaling successful global tech businesses further strengthens our leadership team. 2026 is set to be another exciting year of growth for us as we evolve our product intelligence platform and support more of the world’s most popular consumer brands to launch successful products.”
RTIH AI in Retail Awards
Brarista, IBM Consulting, Foundit!, Quorso, Vusion, Sensei, Reckon.ai, EE, Walkbase, Globant, Riskified, and Goddiva were among the winners at the RTIH AI in Retail Awards, sponsored by VenHub Global, 3D Cloud, EdTech Innovation Hub, and Retail Technology Show.
Our 2026 hall of fame entrants were revealed during a sold out event which took place at The Barbican in Central London on Thursday, 29th January, and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Lucy Porter.
In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “According to Amazon’s Andy Jassy: AI is a once in a lifetime reinvention of everything we know, and the largest technology transformation since the cloud.”
“Whether that’s overstating it or not, we're certainly seeing an increasing number of innovative, potentially game changing developments in this space across both traditional and digital retail spaces. And that is reflected in tonight's finalists, who are boosting customer experiences and tackling retailers' painpoints across the likes of physical stores, online, omnichannel, supply chain, and payments.”
“To quote one of our judges: I have to admit, judging these awards was so difficult. So many that would have been worthy winners. And great to see how AI has moved firmly into delivery mode. Firmly into delivering for customers and driving huge innovation.”
Congratulations to our 2026 winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Lucy Porter, and all those who attended our Thursday, 29th January gathering.
Stay tuned for an indepth review of the awards ceremony in the next edition of RTIH magazine.
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