Stuart Guest-Smith’s Post

Well that’s a wrap on #MACH3! Been fantastic to spend time with such an amazing community of talented, bright and wonderful humans! Seeing friends that I have worked with for years, yet have never met in person, was a special moment! Loved the engagement and input at all the sessions/workshops! Onward to the next phase of this incredible journey that is the MACH Alliance — special thank you to my partner in crime co-chair Roberto Carrera, and all the folks who have make the Tech Council what it is today! #machthree #machalliance #matechcouncil

Amazing to see all the award won last night at the Impact Awards, and see Women In MACH success and kick of for 2024!! Time for Day 2 at #machthree #mach #rideMACH

Amazing Workshops at #machthree. Chance to share ideas and challenge the norm. Don’t miss out if you’re at MACH3, join them tomorrow!! #workshopsrule #machinpractice

Here we go! MACH 3 Day One NYC!! Time to get composable…. Great to see so many members as part of this amazing community #machthree #mach #Mach alliance

Day One - MACH 3, onto Day Two. Amazing meeting so many great friends that I’ve worked with for years, yet have never met in person - until yesterday! Of course, the best being my Tech Council partner in crime Roberto Carrera. Looking forward to Day Two! #machthree #mach

Shall we talk composable? How opinionated should you be and what areas can create brittleness in your architecture? Sometimes we forget the importance of backend legacy systems (which are common) that choke upstream if we reflect less on their participation. Yes, my son is designed this arch! 😎 #commerce #mach

It's a clean sweep of 24 out of 24 medals in the 2023 Paradigm B2B Combine! #bigcommerce #b2b #b2becommerce 🎉 🥇🥈🥉!!! BigCommerce has exceeded last year’s analyst evaluations by two medals, surpassing previous analyst evaluations for the fourth consecutive year– with BigCommerce being awarded an exceptional rating (Gold) for Total Cost of Ownership and Partner Ecosystem for the fourth consecutive year (Midmarket Edition).   “BigCommerce is particularly well-suited for enterprise B2B companies looking for a value-priced, partner-centric, multitenant SaaS ecommerce solution that leverages an extensive open application marketplace to deliver complementary functionality.” ~ Andy Hoar, Analyst. Congratulations to all the amazing work being done by all those involved in B2B across BigCommerce. Lance Owide, Meghan Stabler, Alec Berkley, Aaron Sheehan, John McCann, Mackenzie Mayer, Xiaoya Lin, Jesse Bayley, Mark Espiritu, Micah Thomas, Julian Tran, Shelley Kilpatrick, Liz O'Neill, Brenda Herrera, Bohdan Hodzenko, Ruotian (Roy) Gao, Marco Loyo, Dana Marruffo, Brad Hem Read the press release: here: https://lnkd.in/gpWx4AqC 

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Co-Chair Tech Council at MACH Alliance with my great friend Roberto Carrera! I would like to express my gratitude to all the members of the Alliance who cast their votes for Roberto and me - grateful and humbled by the opportunity. Thank you also to all the candidates who participated; truly inspirational to see the passion demonstrated by everyone involved. I am eagerly looking forward to the collaborative work ahead to drive the continued growth and success of the MACH Alliance. I would also like to congratulate the newly elected executive board members Jen Jones, Jasmin Guthmann, Brian Walker, Krithika Ganesamoorthi, Kristin Naragon. Further applause to the new Growth Council chair, Tal Ofer, and the Co-Chairs of the Marketing Council, Andrew Wadsworth and Irina Botea. Excited for the journey ahead! #machalliance