Jon Cleaver takes on CTO role at KLEKT

Jon Cleaver is departing In The Style, where he served as Chief Technology Officer, to take on the same position at KLEKT. 

“It's been one hell of a journey with many ups and downs along the way, but on balance it has been a very interesting, valuable 30 months of my career. I personally have learned a lot and the team have achieved a great deal,” he said in a LinkedIn post

“The massive highlight being our app reaching number one in the Apple Shopping charts, smashing billion pound brands (albeit for a short time). None of this would've been possible without my team who have been truly outstanding during my tenure,” he added

Other highlights included getting Magento 1.X to process 60 orders a second, which was done on a budget of less than £1 million per annum and with seven people.

“Truly incredible really to think that relative businesses will have 10 x that number of people and budget and still don't achieve anything like that (if you know you know),” Cleaver commented.

As for KLEKT, he said he was confident the sneaker and streetwear brand could grow the business to be a contender with GOAT and Stock X over the next couple of years.

In addition to In The Style, Cleaver has also served as CTO at Sofology 

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