SPS Commerce

SPS Commerce, Inc.

Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq:  SPSC S&P 600 Component
Industry	Technology – application software
Founded	1987;38 years ago (1987)
Founder	Gary W Anderson[ citation needed ]
Headquarters	Minneapolis, Minnesota , United States
Key people	Chad Collins (CEO executive chairman) [1] Kimberly K. Nelson [2] (Chief Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer) Jamie Thingelstad [3] (CTO) Dan Juckniess (EVP) | (CRO) Mike Svatek (CPO) Erica Koenig (SVP) | (CHRO)
Services	Supply chain management solutions,[ buzzword ] EDI
Revenue	$536.9 million (2023) [4]
Number of employees	2,489 (2023) [5]
Website	www.spscommerce.com

SPS Commerce, Inc. is a technology and application software company based in the United States that provides cloud-based supply chain management software to retailers, suppliers, third-party logistics providers and partners. ^[6] The company's headquarters are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ^[7] but also has a US office in New Jersey, and international locations in Amsterdam, Beijing, Breukelen, Hong Kong, Kyiv, Melbourne, Montpellier, Sydney, and Toronto. ^[8] In 2015, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that SPS Commerce was ranked by WorkplaceDynamics as the best large workplace in Minnesota. ^[9] SPS was also ranked among the top 10 fastest growing publicly traded companies in Minnesota in 2014. ^[10]

History

The company was founded in 1987;38 years ago (1987), ^[11] under the name St. Paul Software. ^[12] In 2000, the company sold its software business to Netherlands-based TIE Commerce. ^[13] After the sale, the company primarily offered internet-based business-to-business (B2B) exchanges for retailers and manufacturers. ^[14] St. Paul Software was renamed SPS Commerce in May 2001. ^[15] SPS Commerce went public in April 2010 when it debuted on the NASDAQ global market. ^[16] SPS has enjoyed 96 consecutive quarters of growth, most of which has been organic. They acquire companies where it makes sense, notably:

• 2011: acquired San Diego–based EDI services company Direct EDI for $10.9 million, adding 40 employees in a San Diego office and a development group in Ukraine. ^[17]
• 2012: purchased New Jersey–based data analytics firm Edifice for $26M ^[18]
• 2014: $14.9M acquisition of LeadTec, an EDI provider headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. ^[19]
• 2016: $23M acquisition of ToolBox Solutions ^[20]
• 2018: $23M acquisition of CovalentWorks ^[21]
• 2019: $11.5M acquisition of long-term technology partner MAPADOC^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2020: $100M acquisition of Data Masons ^[22]
• 2021: $17M acquisition of Genius Central^{[ citation needed ] [23]}
• 2022: $45M acquisition of GCommerce^{[ citation needed ] [24]}
• 2022: $49M acquisition of InterTrade ^[25]
• 2023: €64.5M acquisition of TIE Kinetix ^[26]
• 2024: $25M acquisition of Traverse Systems ^[27]
• 2024: $206M acquisition of SupplyPike ^[28]
• 2025: $210M acquisition of Carbon6

In addition to acquiring companies, SPS has been acquiring executives to newly created roles to expand the executive team:

• 2013: SPS hired former Dow Jones CTO Jamie Thingelstad to be CTO ^[29]
• 2015: SPS hired former Target Corp CIO Beth Jacob in an executive role. ^{[30] [31]}
• 2016: SPS hired Dan Juckniess as CRO ^[32]
• 2019: SPS hired Mark O'Leary as CMO
• 2022: SPS hired Erica Koenig as CHRO
• 2025: SPS hired Mike Svatek as CPO

References

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18. "SPS Commerce acquires business data service Edifice for $26 million". TwinCities.com. Pioneer Press. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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20. "SPS Commerce buys Canadian data analytics firm ToolBox Solutions". StarTribune.com. Star Tribune. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
21. "SPS Commerce snaps up Texas tech company for $23M". BizJournals.com. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
22. "SPS Commerce acquires Data Masons". GlobeNewswire.com (Press release). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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28. "SPS Commerce Acquires SupplyPike". spscommerce.com. 1 Aug 2024. Retrieved 7 Aug 2024.
29. "SPS Commerce names Thingelstad chief technology officer". BizJournals.com. August 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
30. Boulton, Clint (30 March 2015). "Former Target CIO Beth Jacob lands at SPS Commerce". Blogs.WSJ.com. Wall Street Journal.
31. Kumar, Kavita. "SPS Commerce hires former Target tech executive". StarTribune.com. Minneapolis Star Tribune.
32. "Dan Juckniess joins SPS Commerce as Chief Sales Officer". MarketCcreener.com. MarketScreener. Retrieved 31 December 2018.