About us

We have middle-aged developers and young innovators and vice versa. Our experience stretches to the very beginning of ecommerce and beyond, and is looking even further into the future. By sharing and nurturing this knowledge, we have created a team of specialists that can move faster than any individual or independent team.

You see at Akoova, there really is a difference far and above most of our competitors. Our engineers not only build the platform – they also run it.

Leadership Team

Osvaldo Spadano

Founder & CEO

Osvaldo is a Technology Executive with over three decades of internet industry and on his 4th startup. Previously Co-Founder and CTO of Venda, the pioneer SaaS commerce, and of various online retailers. Two decades of ecommerce and applied Lean Thinking.

Zachary Stevens

Co-Founder & Chief Architect

Zac is an accomplished and innovative Architect and leader of large, secure, scalable, automated infrastructures and operations, with over two decades of industry experience. Focused on operational excellence, Zac was key in scaling the Venda multi-tenant infrastructure, pioneer of SaaS commerce.

Advisory Board

Daniel T. Jones

Senior Advisor

Daniel Jones is a management thought leader and advisor on applying lean process thinking, pioneered by Toyota, to every type of business across the world. He is the founding Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK. His work has inspired the very successful implementation of lean by Tesco and many other companies.

Eric Ries

Senior Advisor

Eric Ries is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author recognized for pioneering the Lean Startup movement, a new-business strategy which directs startup companies to allocate their resources as efficiently as possible.

Peter Guagenti

Advisor

Peter Guagenti has spent two decades helping some of the world’s most recognized brands innovate and succeed in the digital world. Peter is currently Chief Marketing Officer at Mesosphere Inc. and previously he has been Vice President, Products at Acquia – the leading provider of software, cloud services, and support for enterprises using Drupal.

“Because we grew up with Magento, we also saw all the teething problems that comes with rapid growth and the global expansion of ecommerce”

We understand the unprecidented demands that increasing transactions are creating, from website to warehouse.

Magento themselves can find it difficult to keep up with developments to their own platform. With a wide and increasing ecosystem, more moving parts and increased complexity in your Magento site, we are here to fill those knowledge gaps, provide stability and a platform for growth. Our only focus is to keep up with the technology that keeps your store up and running.

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Co-Founder & CIO, Recommerce

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Head of Social Commerce, Fred Perry

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Director, DevsByDev

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Founder & CEO, Dobell

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eCommerce Manager, MenKind

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Chief Technology Officer, Inchoo

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