TUSTIN, Calif., Jan. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — nogin (“Nogin” or the “Company”), a leading provider of innovative Commerce-as-a-Service (CaaS) e-commerce technology, announced today that the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) has appointed the current President and Co- Boss has appointed Executive Officer Jonathan Huberman as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. In connection with Mr. Huberman’s appointment, co-founder, former Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer Jan Nugent has decided to leave the Company effective today.

Huberman brings extensive knowledge of operating public companies and building scalable business models, having specialized in leading growth in the enterprise software markets for over 25 years. He joined Nogin’s leadership team in August 2022 after serving as Chairman and CEO of Software Acquisition Group Inc. III, a special purpose acquisition company. Huberman was previously the 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 has also held senior positions in the technology businesses of Gores Group and Skyview Capital.

Nugent co-founded Nogin in 2010 with current Chief Technologist Geoffrey Van Haeren and has served as CEO since inception. Under Nugent’s leadership, Nogin built the Intelligent Commerce Platform, powered millions of transactions and customers for brands across industries, and built Nogin’s business to achieve over $100 million in revenue in 2021, which will be in the of the company culminated business combination with Software Acquisition Group Inc. III in August 2022.

“Jan’s guidance and leadership over the past 12 years has been instrumental in taking Nogin from…