About Arkestro

Neil is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience leading and building teams in Tech. Neil brings insights from a variety of market spaces and company sizes. Most recently Neil was the CEO of GAN Integrity, an innovative SaaS Compliance technology company serving enterprise customers in North America and Europe. Before that Neil was the CEO of Sailthru, a leader in ML driven personalized multi-channel marketing communications for media and e-commerce markets. Prior to that Neil was the CEO of Vendavo, the leader in B2B price optimization and management for large enterprises. Before Vendavo, Neil led the commercial team at Ariba, the market pioneer that defined and created the eProcurement space. Neil served as the GM of Ariba Europe and subsequently the GM of Ariba North America. Neil started his career at IBM where he spent sixteen years, initially as a software developer, and then twelve years in a variety of Sales and Marketing roles

Neil has a BS in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from SUNY Albany. He is a native New Yorker, Brooklyn born, and still resides with his wife and three children in New York City.

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.

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, AEye, Inc., HiQ Labs, Agiloft, USEND and more. He is also a co-founder of Dibbs Technology and TrueParity. Rob holds a BSME from the University of Rhode Island.

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.

A trusted partner and advisor on the executive team, Marty has a unique background having been the CFO of nine venture backed technology companies. Marty has raised over $300M in venture funding and has closed six strategic M&A transactions with a combined value of over $1B. Marty has deep domain expertise in ecommerce, consumer internet, networking, data security, data privacy, media technology and enterprise software industries. Marty is especially experienced in the finance and operations activities of SaaS companies and is driven by data and metrics to help create outstanding customer experiences and drive efficient growth.

Shannon is a strong product and technology solution evangelist who excels in effective communication and has a strong passion for procurement and analytics. In her 25+ years in the software industry, she has held a variety of roles, including technology training, marketing, product management, sales engineering, business development, and it all began with her first role as a Buyer in procurement. Notable organizations she has worked with include Oracle, Ariba, insightsoftware, and Rizing. Having resided and worked across the globe, Shannon currently lives in Durham, North Carolina with her husband, two sons, and a delightful flock of chickens.