Nogin, Inc. , a leading provider of Commerce-as-a-Service technology, and Software Acquisition Group Inc. III , a special purpose acquisition company, announced today that SWAG III Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Huberman will join the Nogin leadership team as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, effective upon the closing of the proposed business combination between Nogin and SWAG III (the “Business Combination”). Nogin Co-Founder and current Chief Executive Officer Jan Nugent will concurrently become Co-CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Huberman brings a wealth of knowledge in public company operations and building scalable business models, having specialized in leading growth in the enterprise software markets for over 25 years. Before founding multiple SPACs, Huberman served as CEO of several leading software companies, including Ooyala, a provider of media workflow automation and logistics solutions, Syncplicity, a SaaS enterprise data management company, Tiburon, an enterprise software for the public safety sector, and Iomega Corporation, a consumer and distributed enterprise storage solution. He also held senior roles within the technology verticals of Gores Group and Skyview Capital.

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“As we look to solidify our foundation in the public markets and develop Nogin into a dominant player in the Commerce-as-a-Service industry, I am confident that Jon will be a key addition to our executive team,” said Nugent. “Jon and I have spent a significant amount of time collaborating throughout our go-public process. He has already proven himself a tremendous asset in guiding our combination efforts as well as our broader strategies. He also has an extensive background operating high-growth software businesses in the public markets, which will be an invaluable resource to our senior leadership team. I look forward to our ongoing partnership while we combine our strengths to build Nogin into a leading eCommerce business in the years ahead.”

“When the SWAG III leadership team identified Nogin as a potential acquisition target, we were both excited by its unique value proposition in the eCommerce software market and impressed with the deep industry knowledge and experience of its management,” said Huberman. “Over the last several months, my conviction in those two investment pillars has only strengthened. I am excited to join Jan and the Nogin leadership team as President and Co-CEO to play an active role in shaping the future growth of the business. My extensive prior experience operating in the public markets should be a strong complement to Jan’s decades of online retail subject matter expertise. It is our belief that this distributed CEO structure will allow us to unlock more of Nogin’s growth potential. I look forward to helping Nogin reach its goals on behalf of stockholders and the board.”

The closing of the proposed Business Combination is expected to take place in the third quarter of 2022, subject to stockholder approval. Additional details can be found in the original announcement from February 14, 2022, linked here.

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