About Finale Inventory
We Are Proud to Have Helped Businesses Around the World for Over 10 Years
Finale Inventory aims to bring your inventory chaos under control with advanced tracking, visibility, and connectivity.
Finale's History
Did you know that Finale started as a fireworks company?
From a small fireworks convention hall in Mason City, IA, Finale's legacy of helping SMBs manage their inventory began. Why start with fireworks? Because it's a highly regulated industry that depends on accurate inventory records.
Finale Inventory was founded in the heart of Silicon Valley in 2014.
After serving the fireworks industry for several years, co-founders Will Harvey, Chris Hondl, and Chinh Nguyen transitioned to the ecommerce industry as a way to help more people with their business. To this day, Finale continues to be a bootstrapped company. Never taking on any VC funding, we have been growing and profitable since day one.
Finale Inventory's Core Values
Collaboration is at the core of our company.
Beyond core values for the company, our Mission Statement and Core Values reflect who we are as people. As new team members have been hired and new projects have been rolled out over the years, we continue to live out what our company was founded on. That has translated to a culture of excellence and learning, teamwork and independence, collaboration and ownership.
Working at Finale Inventory
How the acclaimed Finale team became the acclaimed Finale team.
With the same dedication that has gone into building a product that helps teams all over the country, we have built a company that seeks to highlight the best in our global team.
Since its inception, Finale has maintained a remote work culture.
We believe in hiring the right people and trusting them to do their jobs. We believe - not in a “start-up grind” culture - but in that of working smart, hard, and kindly. Finale’s employees span 10 countries and come from a wide variety of backgrounds. That diversity makes us a better company and has enabled us to approach challenges more creatively and flexibly.
Finale's Annual Trip
Collaboration starts with strong team camaraderie.
As productive as we are being a global team, there is no getting around the importance of human connection. To foster closer working relationships, Team Finale takes an annual trip to spend time together. On the agenda are team discussions, product updates, team activities, exploring field trips, and delicious dinners. However, the tangible takeaways and value of the trip stem from the connections formed between team members.
Giving Back: More Than a Mantra
Our team at Finale is sincerely committed to helping others.
It's another reason why Finale is here: because we knew ecommerce sellers have problems with managing their inventory, and we wanted to help them figure it out.
Surrounding our offering, the Finale team strives to help sellers with whatever task is asked of them.
But even beyond our ecommerce industry, we also look for ways to help other people. Our team volunteers in their communities...as well as together. In our last company trip, we had the opportunity to tour a local school in Mérida for children with disabilities, create a painting with them, and make a donation towards a new dining facility at the school. It was fulfilling for us but it was world-changing for them. We recognize that we are in a position of advantage and want to share it with others.
Finale's Company Milestones & History:
It All Started With a Bang.
2009
Finale Fireworks launches.
2010
Finale focuses on fireworks inventory.
2011
Finale Fireworks customers go live.
2012
First ecommerce fireworks customers go live.
Company pivots to ecommerce focus.
2014
Finale Inventory is founded as an independent entity, ShipStation integration goes live, Barcoding software is implemented, and Shopify integration goes live.
2015
Amazon integration goes live.
2018
Forecasting and reordering feature launches.
2020
Finale's team grew, scaling up the service team.
2022
QuickBooks Online integration goes live.
2024
Amazon FBA integration launches.
2025
Amazon Warehousing and Distribution (AWD) integration launches.
2025
Finale Inventory gets acquired by Descartes Systems Group.
Meet Our Leadership Team.
Will Harvey
Co-founder & CEO
About Will
Will has founded multiple companies, including Sandcastle (acquired by Adobe Systems), There.com, and IMVU. Earning his BA, MA and PhD from Stanford in Computer Science, Will got his professional start as a software engineer in high school, writing Gold and Platinum selling video games Zany Golf, Immortal, Marble Madness, and Music Construction Set at age 15.
Chris Hondl
Co-founder & CTO
About Chris
Chris Hondl leads the engineering team at Finale. With over 30 years of industry experience, Chris was previously the VP of Engineering for Core Mobility where he had responsibility for systems serving hundreds of thousands of mobile phone customers. Chris earned his BS in Mathematics and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Chinh Nguyen
Co-founder &
VP, Sales and Customer Success
About Chinh
Chinh leads Finale's revenue and sales for Finale. He has over twenty years of software experience, most recently as SVP of Product Management and User Acquisition at IMVU. Chinh earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton, and an M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University. Chinh enjoys growing heirloom tomatoes (often unsuccessfully), riding his road bike, watching his daughters play competitive soccer on the weekends, and following his beloved Buckeyes. Go Bucks!
Take Your Next Step With Finale Inventory
"[Onboarding] was ridiculously fast compared to other software, where it just drags on for weeks...I always get a response within a couple of hours...Finale was well suited to take us to that next level."
Todd Spendley
VP of Operations
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888-792-8891We take pride in our personalized and human connections. When you call, you speak to a real person. When we train, we see face-to-face. When you have suggestions on how to make Finale better, we listen.
Time after time, Finale is rated as one of the best Inventory Management Systems (IMS) and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) for our dedication to helping customers.
Yes, first talk with one of our sales representatives so we can show you around. Then, you can start a free trial account to see how it works for yourself. Try out Finale's free trial first to make sure it's right for you.
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Each business is unique, but on average, implementation takes 4-8 weeks. This is compared to 8-12 weeks against other similar systems.