As president and CEO of SPS Commerce since 2001, Archie Black has led the company to become a recognized leader in retail cloud services with the industry’s largest retail network and more than 80 consecutive quarters of increased revenues.
Archie is a cloud computing pioneer and has helped SPS Commerce transform the retail industry by replacing traditional enterprise software with a more responsive, agile retail platform. Under his leadership, SPS Commerce has grown from a groundbreaking, disruptive idea into a global powerhouse with the largest retail network and the industry’s first integrated suite of products architected for today’s omnichannel retail market.
He is the recipient of numerous awards including EY Entrepreneur of the Year and the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Titans of Technology, and is a frequent presenter at industry, investor and academic events.
He has a Bachelor of Science from Marquette University.
Ex-officio of the Finance & Strategy Committee
James Ramsey
Director
James Ramsey has served a director since March 2014. Mr. Ramsey co-founded and has served as board member of Vlocity Inc., a provider of industry-specific cloud CRM applications, since 2014. Mr. Ramsey also serves on the boards of Ambra Health (formerly DicomGrid) and Flipgrid, Inc., each a privately-held company. Previously, Mr. Ramsey served as the Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Distribution at NetSuite Inc., a publicly traded provider of cloud-based business management software, from 2011 to 2013. Prior to his position as Executive Vice President, Mr. Ramsey held several senior executive roles at NetSuite, including Vice President of the Americas and Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Distribution. Prior to NetSuite Inc., Mr. Ramsey served in various sales management roles at Oracle Corporation.
Marty Réaume has served as a director since March 2018. Ms. Reaume has served since 2017 as Chief People Officer of Twilio Inc., a publicly traded developer and provider of a cloud-based platform enabling organizations to integrate voice, messaging and video communications capabilities into their software applications. From 2015 to 2017, she served as Chief People Officer of Fitbit, Inc., a publicly traded technology company focused on delivering health solutions that impact health outcomes. Ms. Reaume served as Chief People Officer of NetSuite, Inc., a publicly traded provider of cloud-based business management software, from 2009 to 2014, and served as its head of human resources from 2006 to 2009. Prior to that, Ms. Reaume served as director of human resources at Royal & Sunalliance, a multinational insurance company, from 2001 to 2005.
Tami Reller has served as a director since May 2016 and Chair since May 2018. Ms. Reller has served as President of DuPage Medical Group, the largest independent, multi-specialty physician group in Illinois, since May 2021. From September 2017 to May 2021, Ms. Reller served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Experience Officer of UnitedHealthcare, the health benefits platform of UnitedHealth Group, since September 2017. From April 2017 to September 2017, Ms. Reller served as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of Optum, and from June 2016 to April 2017 she served as Chief Financial Officer of Optum, the health service platform of UnitedHealth Group. From April 2001 until September 2014, Ms. Reller served in several executive roles with Microsoft Corporation including Executive Vice President of Marketing, Windows Chief Financial Officer and Chief Marketing Officer, Divisional Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Vice President of Dynamics. She was also the Chief Financial Officer of Great Plains Software from 1999 to 2001, until the company was acquired by Microsoft Corporation.
Philip Soran has served as a director since July 2010 and was Chairman from May 2014 to May 2017. Mr. Soran is currently the Director and co-founder of Flipgrid, Inc., a privately-held education technology software company. Mr. Soran served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of Compellent Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded software company which he co-founded in March 2002, until its acquisition by Dell Inc. in February 2011, after which he served as the President of Dell Compellent from February 2011 to March 2012. Mr. Soran also serves as Lead Director on the board of directors of Piper Jaffray Companies, a publicly traded investment bank and asset management firm, and as director on the board of directors for Foodsby, a privately-held food delivery service. He previously served on the board of directors of Help Systems, LLC, a privately-held software company, prior to its sale in March 2018. From July 1995 to August 2001, Mr. Soran served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Xiotech, which Mr. Soran co-founded in July 1995. Xiotech was acquired by Seagate in January 2000. From October 1993 to April 1995, Mr. Soran served as Executive Vice President of Prodea Software Corporation, a data warehousing software company. Mr. Soran also held a variety of management, sales, marketing, and technical positions with IBM, and served on the board of directors of Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, a public manufacturing company, from 2011 until its acquisition by TDK Corporation in 2016. Mr. Soran served as Chairman of our board of directors from May 2014 to May 2017.
Ms. Sempowski Ward, who joined our board in November 2020, currently serves as the chief executive officer at CURiO Brands, a consumer goods company that manufactures and sells personal care and home fragrance products. Prior to CURiO Brands, Ms. Sempowski Ward served as the chief executive officer of The Thymes, LLC from April 2012 until January 2016 when it merged with DPM Fragrance to become CURiO Brands. In July 2008, Ms. Sempowski Ward co-founded The FORWARD Group, a consulting firm focused on growth strategies for mid-sized companies and key executives and served as its chief executive officer until April 2012. From October 2007 until July 2010, Ms. Sempowski Ward was with Johnson Publishing Company, serving as the president and chief operating officer of its Ebony, Jet and Fashion Fair Cosmetics business units. Prior to that, Ms. Sempowski Ward served as an assistant vice president for The Coca-Cola Company from September 2006 until September 2007 and held various positions with Procter & Gamble between May 1994 and August 2006, most recently as associate marketing director, beauty. Ms. Sempowski Ward also serves on the board of directors of Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
Sven Wehrwein has served as a director since July 2008. Mr. Wehrwein has been an independent financial consultant to emerging companies since 1999. During his 35-plus years in accounting and finance, Mr. Wehrwein has experience as a certified public accountant (inactive), investment banker to emerging growth companies, chief financial officer, and audit committee chair. He currently serves on the board of directors of Atricure, Inc., a publicly traded medical device company, and Proto Labs, Inc., a publicly traded internet-enabled manufacturer of custom parts. Mr. Wehrwein also served on the board of directors of Compellent Technologies, Inc. from 2007 until its acquisition by Dell Inc. in 2011, on the board of Vital Images, Inc. from 1997 until its acquisition by Toshiba Medical in 2011, on the board of Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. from 2004 until its acquisition by Baxter International, Inc. in 2012, on the board of Cogentix Medical, Inc. from 2006 to 2016, and on the board of Image Sensing Systems, Inc. from 2006 to 2012, all of which were publicly traded companies.
