About Arkestro

Rob DeSantis is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Arkestro. As a former co-founder of Ariba running sales, Rob has deep expertise in the procurement space, having helped propel Ariba from zero to $250 million in revenue in four years and IPO of the year in 1999 before its acquisition by SAP a decade later. In addition to co-founding Ariba, Rob was also an early angel investor and board member of LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional online network.

More recently, Rob served as an investor and advisor to a small portfolio of companies, including Bloom Energy, HiQ Labs, Agiloft, USEND and more. He is also a co-founder of TrueParity. Rob started his career as a mechanical engineer in the aerospace industry and holds a BSME from the University of Rhode Island.

Edmund Zagorin is a proud procurement nerd obsessed with the power of recommendations to fix broken processes and supply chains. Prior to founding Arkestro, Edmund worked as a consultant focused on data-driven supplier negotiations for large healthcare providers, contract manufacturers and multi-campus retail brands. Edmund is widely recognized as a thought leader on the emerging role of machine learning and artificial intelligence in procurement and has presented executive briefings on this topic to leadership teams at 3M, BASF, General Motors, Volkswagen, PwC, Kearney, EY, Accenture, OneValley, Plug & Play Tech Center and has been featured by Forbes, Shared Services and Outsourcing Network and ProcureTech.

Greg brings over three decades of leadership experience in procurement technology, customer engagement, and strategic growth. Since joining Arkestro in 2021, he has worked in expanding the company’s Predictive Procurement capabilities, ensuring seamless implementation and measurable outcomes for Arkestro’s customers. His favorite part of working with customers is learning what they do and why they do it that way. You can often find him beginning a sentence with “I am just curious…”

Prior to Arkestro, Greg held leadership roles at Ariba, where he contributed to the company’s exponential growth from an early-stage startup to a global enterprise. He also led consulting initiatives for early-stage technology startups and served as a behavior health educator, guiding individuals through transformative lifestyle changes. His diverse background in technology, consulting, and behavioral science uniquely positions him to drive innovation and long-term value for Arkestro’s customers. Greg holds a BS in Finance from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

Passionate about solving massively complex problems with cutting edge technology and an obsession with user-centric design, Ben jumped at the chance to climb aboard the Arkestro rocketship. Ben is responsible for the company’s Product strategy. Prior to joining, Ben spent 5 years in Engineering and Product Management roles at SurveyMonkey, focusing on the company’s Mobile and Enterprise product offerings. Ben holds a BS in Computer Science from Tufts University.

Anna brings over 25 years of international experience working across different industry sectors, in both large and small organizations and as part of global People teams. Anna is passionate about building trusting relationships and partnering with senior leaders to spearhead people and talent initiatives. Anna has built high performing teams in both small and large organizations with a track record of successfully implementing cultural and organizational change.

Before joining Arkestro, Anna spent two years as Chief People Officer at GAN Integrity, a SaaS compliance and risk technology company with employees in the UK, Denmark and the US.

Stuart Gold brings over 30 years of global marketing expertise to the software industry, with a proven track record of driving growth and market expansion. His integrated marketing background enables him to work seamlessly across organizational functions. Before joining Arkestro full-time—after serving as a consultant for four years—Stuart was President of Gold Integrated Marketing, where he helped hyper-growth technology companies, including Arkestro, scale their market presence. Previously, he held senior marketing leadership roles at Ariba, Omniture, Responsys, DocuSign, and Domo, contributing to each company’s journey to IPO.

Eric Graber is a proven global sales leader with a track record of scaling companies, inspiring teams, and delivering results. Currently SVP of Global Sales at Arkestro, he has led high-impact sales organizations at Avantra, Azul Systems, and Traiana, with earlier senior GTM leadership roles at Sybase, Legent, and CSC/DXC. Across six successful liquidity events — including two IPOs — Eric has helped companies break growth barriers, enter new markets, and achieve transformative success.

William Seagrave is SVP Market & Product Strategy for Arkestro leading executive strategy discussions for AI predictive procurement operations with the world’s most technology innovative companies. Willam’s career spans executive leadership at global transformation companies across the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Pacific Rim. His teams have opened new markets launching new products yielding global revenue growth exceeding multiple $100s Billions. He has managed public and private capital offerings, acquisitions, spin outs, and venture placements. He is passionate to enable dramatic evolution in our energy eco-system members and the world.