Eric Letson Email & Phone Number

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

A passion for tinkering and making has transformed from a hobby to launching a business where I design and create custom products for people to enjoy.

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

I started Liftoff Consulting Ltd so I could help companies accelerate the enablement of solutions and elevate their business by leveraging my technology and retail expertise.

While Moment AI operates in stealth mode, I'm helping them engage in a local accelerator program called Fuel. I'll be leveraging my decades of technology expertise as well as making and growing the strategic relationships necessary for success.

I am part of the Emerging Technology team at Walmart. We find, vet, and invent next gen. capabilities and emerging technologies to transform the future of retail. We have some of the coolest jobs at Walmart because we experiment, prototype, and incubate technology that may not be ready to scale in our company for 3 - 7 years. We partner with entrepreneurs, startups, and academics to fuel transformative innovations while constantly researching, testing, failing fast, and iterating to turn wild ideas into valuable solutions for the physical, digital, and virtual spaces.Most recently my area transitioned to using a Product methodology and my team focus is now Pricing Simplification. Our goal is to remove the friction and pain points from the processes, tools, and technology used in stores to get prices to the shelf edge.

Currently I'm on a research and development team learning about and experimenting with emerging technologies in an effort to create valuable business solutions. This is an area I'm truly passionate about. I'm continuing to file new inventions I'm involved with in order to protect the company's intellectual property.

During my time as a Solutions Architect, I have worked in our Business and Application Architecture domain. I focused on our Store Systems, Speciality Systems (Pharmacy, Tire & Lube Express, etc), and Marketing areas. The foundation my team and I put together has been leveraged for paradigm shifts to minimize redundant work and maximize reuse in our IT organization. Additionally, I have been involved in growing our intellectual property portfolio by inventing, filing those inventions with the Patent Office, and mentor other inventors on how to identify and protect their inventions. I also spent time focusing on the Marketing area from an Enterprise Architecture point of view.

Designed and wrote screens, reports, and background applications for associates in our Stores and Clubs.

Wrote screens, reports, and background applications for associates in our Stores and Clubs.

Bentonville, Ar

Bentonville, Ar

Since LinkedIn doesn't combine time with a company's subsidiaries, I added this entry to include my time at Sam's Club as total time spent at Walmart, Inc.

Bentonville, Arkansas

Member of the Strategic Programs team at Store No 8, which is still within Walmart.Store No 8 is an innovation hub formed by the world’s largest retailer. As a stand-alone entity, we have created an innovation ecosystem where new ideas can thrive outside the existing definitions of retail. We have a unique vantage point that allows us a view into the heart of America to connect with what people want. The ideas we develop here are our big bets that have potential to change the world.

Springfield, Missouri Area

Springfield, Missouri Area