Heather Rivera joins Wing as Chief Business Officer

To drive this period of unprecedented growth, the company is proud to announce the appointment of Heather Rivera as Chief Business Officer, responsible for Wing’s business operations. Heather brings exceptional experience to this critical role, having consistently demonstrated her ability to help leading companies create and cultivate new categories into widely adopted, everyday services across the globe.

Heather joins Wing from Instacart, where she held the position of VP and Global Head of Strategy, Corporate Development, and Partnerships. In this capacity, she guided the company through a sustained period of  impactful growth. Her strategic leadership resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars of sales through the cultivation of innovative partnerships with Fortune 500 companies spanning diverse industries such as financial services, retail, technology, travel & hospitality, health & fitness, and media. Furthermore, she successfully orchestrated the acquisition of three companies, each of which contributed to Instacart's overarching vision to power every grocery transaction.

Prior to Instacart, Heather spent nearly 15 years at Google, where as the VP, Global Head of Product Partnerships at YouTube, she built and led a global team responsible for enabling the launch, distribution, and adoption of YouTube’s products. She played a pivotal role in scaling YouTube’s subscription businesses (YouTube TV and YouTube Music) from inception to over 50 million subscribers and expanding app distribution across billions of devices. 

Wing already serves hundreds of thousands of customers in the Dallas and Charlotte regions. In the coming years, Wing will bring drone delivery to retail and restaurant partners reaching millions of additional customers throughout the US.