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.

Tom Aitchison is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Arkestro, bringing more than 25 years of executive leadership helping enterprise software companies scale through rapid growth, transformation, and market expansion. He leads Arkestro’s global go-to-market strategy, customer success, operations, strategic partnerships, and execution as the company accelerates adoption of its Predictive Procurement Platform. Before joining Arkestro, Tom served as an Executive Operating Advisor to the company, partnering with the CEO, Board of Directors, and executive leadership team to refine its product strategy, go-to-market execution, and operating model.

Tom previously served as President of Go-to-Market at Introhive, Chief Executive Officer of Swrve, and Executive Vice President of Global Sales at Coupa Software, where he helped scale the company into the market leader in Business Spend Management and played a key role in its successful NASDAQ IPO. He has also held leadership positions at WatchDox, InQuira, Comergent, Sterling Commerce, and webMethods. Throughout his career, Tom has helped build category-leading software companies, complete strategic acquisitions, and take a company public. He is recognized for building high-performing organizations, developing enduring customer relationships, and aligning strategy and operational execution to drive sustainable growth.

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.

Ron Rasmussen is the Chief Technology Officer of Arkestro, bringing decades of engineering leadership across SaaS and enterprise software to the company’s Predictive Procurement Platform. Ron is a co-founder and former CTO of Latitude 39, and previously served as CTO of Xactly, a Vista Equity portfolio company and the leading SaaS provider of sales performance management, where he led development, QA, information security, and data center operations. He has also held VP of Engineering and CTO roles at Quova (acquired by Neustar), Lithium Technologies, KnowNow, and Digital Impact, building products spanning geolocation, online communities, Social CRM, and direct marketing.

Ron has been a key member of executive teams that have acquired companies, been acquired, and taken a company public on the NYSE. He is known for building win/win partnerships both internally and externally, and for aligning technology decisions with business objectives across startups and established companies alike. Ron holds a B.A. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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.

John Magner is the SVP of Global Sales at Arkestro and a Strategic Commercial Advisor, bringing decades of experience scaling enterprise technology and driving commercial growth. He has held leadership and advisory roles at SenseLabs (Board Member), icix, XOJET, and Ariba, where he helped shape go-to-market strategy and high-performing sales organizations.

John is known for his expertise in leadership, product marketing, solution selling, team building, and e-commerce. He earned his degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and continues to advise companies at the intersection of technology, innovation, and enterprise value creation.

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.