Pickle Robot, which develops autonomous unloading robots for warehouses and distribution centers, announced a new chief financial officer just days after news of a major deal with UPS.
The Charlestown, Massachusetts-based company announced Thursday that it has hired Jeff Evanson as CFO. Evanson has been a consultant to the company since September and recently joined the company full-time.
Evanson previously served as Tesla’s vice president of global investor relations and strategy from 2011 to 2017. In that role, he worked directly with Elon Musk and helped the company raise debt and equity financing to support the launch of multiple Tesla car lines and acquisitions.
Evanson will be Pickle’s first CFO and joins Pickle, which was founded in 2018 with about $100 million in venture capital, as it expands its partnership with shipping giant UPS. According to Bloomberg, UPS is investing $120 million to purchase 400 Pickle robots, with deployment expected to begin in late 2026 or early 2027.
Pickle declined to comment on this week’s UPS news. A Pickle spokesperson confirmed that UPS has been a Pickle customer for several years, but declined to say when the partnership began.
