Searchspring Appoints New CEO to Lead Next Stage of Growth

Alex Kombos brings product innovation and rich go-to-market experience to ecommerce tech

Searchspring, a global leader in site search, product merchandising, and ecommerce personalization, today announced that Alex Kombos has joined the company as its new CEO. Kombos has over 25 years experience building and leading ecommerce and SaaS-based companies, while driving business value.

Kombos is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive, having served as CEO at Pressable, part of Automattic, where he led the WordPress and WooCommerce hosting provider in redefining its go-to-market strategy, launching strategic new offerings, and building a world-class team to scale the company’s growth. Similar experiences in SaaS and ecommerce include Onoxa, InternetQ and MusicNow. Kombos’s experience will help guide Searchspring through its next stage of growth, continuing to build its arsenal of intelligent site search, merchandising, and personalization features and expanding globally.

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“I am honored to lead this company with its experienced team and technology, in pursuit of its next chapter of growth.”

“Searchspring has delivered personalized, relevant ecommerce search experiences for over 15 years. It has become one of the industry leaders through product growth and international expansion,” said Alex Kombos, CEO, Searchspring. “I am honored to lead this company with its experienced team and technology, in pursuit of its next chapter of growth.”

This news comes six months after Searchspring announced a strategic growth investment from PSG, a leading growth equity firm, partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies to help accelerate their growth.

“I was impressed by Alex’s experience delivering value to customers,” said Kurien Jacob, executive chairman of the board at Searchspring. “The company has achieved strong growth and the combination of Alex’s passion and experience can steer Searchspring into the future.”

Over the past three years, Searchspring has seen revenue rapidly grow, earning the company a spot on the 2021 and 2022 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing companies in America. With over 30 billion search requests in 2022, representing a triple-digit growth in search requests year-over-year, Searchspring has historically helped its clients drive over four times the average revenue on their ecommerce sites.

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