Former Accenture ecommerce leader brings
expertise in solution selling, services, implementation and
ecosystem partnerships to drive go-to-market transformation and
operations
BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC), an open SaaS, composable ecommerce
platform for fast-growing and established B2C and B2B brands and
retailers, today announced the company has hired veteran ecommerce
and technology industry leader Travis Hess as its president.
Hess will serve as BigCommerce’s go-to-market leader to drive
top-line growth and profitability. He will lead BigCommerce’s
global strategic and operational expansion with full responsibility
for the operations that market, sell and service the company’s
ecommerce platform, professional services and agency partner
relationships.
“Having spent nearly two decades in the enterprise ecommerce
ecosystem, I've long admired BigCommerce's open platform and
product strategy,” noted Hess. “I'm genuinely thrilled to
contribute to our differentiation, capture market share and
establish ourselves as the frontrunner in the upcoming era of
enterprise ecommerce.”
“Travis is a luminary in ecommerce,” said Brent Bellm, CEO at
BigCommerce. “He joins BigCommerce with unrivaled ecommerce
experience across the entire ecosystem. He has deep knowledge of
every platform’s capabilities and vulnerabilities, and he believes
BigCommerce is the best enterprise platform on the market. We’re
thrilled to welcome him to our leadership team here in Austin.”
Hess is an ecommerce industry veteran with more than 15 years of
senior leadership positions across several top commerce agencies
and consultancies. He served on partner advisory boards for
Shopify, Klaviyo, SAP/Hybris and Rackspace and was recognized as
one the 30 Most Influential in Ecommerce by Signifyd in 2022. He
most recently worked at Accenture as a managing director leading
their direct-to-consumer commerce offering and go-to-market
strategy. He also managed Accenture’s Shopify partnership globally.
Previously, he was an executive vice president at The Stable, a
leading omnichannel commerce agency that was acquired by Accenture
in August 2022. Prior to that, he was the chief commercial officer
and then chief executive officer of BVA, one of the most globally
recognized DTC and Shopify agencies which was acquired by The
Stable in December 2021. Prior to BVA, Hess held numerous senior
leadership roles including at LiveArea, a global commerce agency
now part of Dentsu/Merkle, where he served as chief revenue officer
and general manager, and at Amplifi Commerce.
BigCommerce has also strengthened its sales team with the
addition of Thom Armstrong as vice president of Americas enterprise
sales. With nearly two decades of experience in commerce, content
and payments technology, Armstrong brings a demonstrated ability to
lead enterprise sales teams and drive significant business growth
in highly competitive environments. Armstrong joins BigCommerce
from Stylitics, where he was senior vice president of sales and
GTM. A perennial award winner for sales excellence, he previously
held sales and go-to-market roles at Fast, Amplience, Salesforce
and Demandware, where he led the company’s expansion into
enterprise commerce and built high-achieving teams as vice
president of sales.
“Over the past five years, I've had the pleasure of being a
technology partner with BigCommerce,” Armstrong said. “There’s
something special about the DNA of BigCommerce, and I'm excited to
bring my strategic insight, leadership and positive energy to drive
the next phase of BigCommerce’s growth in enterprise sales in the
Americas.”
Forward Looking Statements
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the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future
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business and future strategic direction resulting from the
appointment, and BigCommerce’s ability to retain key members of
senior management, that could cause actual results, performance or
achievement to differ materially and adversely from those
anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. By their
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on February 29, 2024 and the future quarterly and current reports
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of the date the statements are made and are based on information
available to BigCommerce at the time those statements are made
and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect
to future events. BigCommerce assumes no obligation to update
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after
the date they were made, except as required by law.
About BigCommerce
BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC) is a leading open SaaS and composable
ecommerce platform that empowers brands and retailers of all sizes
to build, innovate and grow their businesses online. BigCommerce
provides its customers sophisticated enterprise-grade
functionality, customization and performance with simplicity and
ease-of-use. Tens of thousands of B2C and B2B companies across 150
countries and numerous industries rely on BigCommerce, including
Burrow, Coldwater Creek, Francesca’s, Harvey Nichols, King Arthur
Baking Co., MKM Building Supplies, United Aqua Group and Uplift
Desk. For more information, please visit www.bigcommerce.com or
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