Grow! 2020 Recap

Znode’s annual customer event went virtual on October 29, 2020.

Znode was happy to hold its customer event virtually in 2020, yet still deliver valuable information including leadership remarks, a business update, customer stories, a product demonstration, a roadmap discussion and much more. The insights kicked off with a message from Rupesh Agrawal, Znode’s President and CEO followed by a presentation from VP of Marketing, Tom Flierl on the exciting growth of Znode throughout 2020 and the expanding customer base.

Next up was Dan Kroymann’s, Director of Global Technology at Staples Promotional Products, update on how their company has integrated Znode into its tech-stack reducing multiple legacy systems. Dan also went on to explain how Znode’s approval routing and multi-store capabilities made it the ideal ecommerce platform to address their varying customer’s needs. After Dan, Linda Tilt, AVP of Demand Marketing at HealthStream, showcased how her team was able to utilize Znode’s headless architecture to create unique customer experiences. Firoj Shaikh, Director of Product Architecture, joined Linda and shared the technical details of implementing using Znode’s API-first architecture.

After those detailed customer journeys, Andy Hoar, CEO of Paradigm B2B and Co-Founder of B2B Next presented on the dramatic evolution of B2B Ecommerce in 2020. Andy’s presentation is available by completing form on the right-side of the page.

Then was a presentation from the Znode Product Manager, Frank Connelly, providing the Now, Next, and Future of the enterprise B2B ecommerce platform. Frank walked through the core focus areas for Znode product development and the themes product enhancements will look to provide for going forward: More Merchandising, More Orders, More Marketing, More Personalized, More Integrations, More Channels, More Training, More Support, and More Sustainable. These themes all result in More Commerce. Following that was a fully-mobile orientated demonstration of the Znode product by Yash Shah, CTO at Amla Commerce.

Tom Flierl then provided closing remarks and kicked off Znode Bingo and Happy Hour hosted by Brian Beck, author of Billion Dollar B2B Ecommerce and Managing Partner of Encebia, and Christiana Trapani, Marketing Team Lead at Amla Commerce.

Znode would like to thank our Titanium Sponsors: Avalara and Ntara as well as our Silver Sponsors: Perficient, Visus LLC, and American Eagle for supporting Grow! 2020.