ChannelAdvisor Management Team
The ChannelAdvisor management team brings years of experience in the technology and professional services sectors. The team's entrepreneurial spirit and cohesive vision has consistently delivered value to ChannelAdvisor’s customers, employees, investors and partners.
Scot Wingo - President, CEO, Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder
President and CEO of ChannelAdvisor, Scot Wingo leads the company in its mission to provide retailers and manufacturers with the software and services needed to successfully sell their products via online sales channels. In tandem with his work at ChannelAdvisor, Scot is an industry thought leader, contributing regularly to several ChannelAdvisor blogs and speaking often at industry events. Prior to launching ChannelAdvisor, Scot occupied the roles of general manager of GoTo Auctions, CEO and co-founder of AuctionRover.com (acquired by GoTo.com) and CEO and co-founder of Stingray Software (acquired by RogueWave).
Scot received a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Computer Science degree from North Carolina State University. Scot has received numerous awards including Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and Triangle Business Journal’s Top 40 under 40.
Aris Buinevicius - Chief Technology Officer, Board Member and Co-Founder
As the chief technology officer, Aris Buinevicius drives the company's technological vision and uses innovative knowledge management and development practices to enhance the company's competitive edge. Prior to ChannelAdvisor, Aris was the Director of Technology at GoTo Auctions, CTO and co-founder of AuctionRover.com and CTO and co-founder of Stingray Software.
Aris received a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from Iowa State University and Master of Computer Science degree from North Carolina State University. He was recently named to the 2010 InfoWorld CTO 25, honoring the top CTOs of 2010.
David Spitz - Chief Operating Officer
David Spitz, ChannelAdvisor’s chief operating officer, is responsible for products, services and finance operations. Before joining ChannelAdvisor, Spitz founded and successfully exited multiple venture-backed software companies. He was most recently an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Aurora Funds, a venture capital firm with more than $200 million under management. Prior to Aurora, David was president of Avesair, a mobile marketing company that was acquired by Inphonic. Previous to Avesair, David was co-founder and CTO of Netsation, a network management software company acquired by Nortel Networks.
David received a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego. In 2008, David received the Triangle Business Journal’s Top 40 under 40 award. David has also been awarded two U.S. patents, is chairman of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Foundation Board and is a member of the board of directors for the Council for Entrepreneurial Development.
Scott Alridge - Vice President and General Counsel
Serving as vice president and general counsel, Scott Alridge leads all human resource functions, legal and contractual matters and planning, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, software and intellectual property licensing, corporate governance, employment matters, sales transactions and strategic/corporate development initiatives. Previous to his employment at ChannelAdvisor, Alridge was an attorney at the corporate headquarters of Glenayre Electronics, a publicly held telecommunications company, where he worked extensively on a variety of domestic and international transactional and corporate matters. Scott also worked on numerous software, intellectual property and joint venture transactional matters while with IBM Corporation.
Scott received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Juris Doctor from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University.