E-commerce solutions firm Rithum appoints Sean Meeks as President of Brands and promotes Bill Smith to CSO

Rithum (formerly CommerceHub and ChannelAdvisor) reports that Sean Meeks has joined the company as President of Brands, while Bill Smith has been promoted to Chief Sales Officer.

Most recently, Meeks served as a Partner at SBI, a growth advisory firm where he helped SaaS companies design and implement high impact sales, enablement and customer success strategies. His experience also includes leadership roles at Workday and Hewlett-Packard (HP), where he led global sales and operations teams, managed enterprise client relationships and helped launch multiple new business units.

Since joining Rithum in July 2024 as Vice President of Global Revenue Operations, Smith has led several strategic initiatives, including the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) project, the launch of a new sales methodology and the rebuild of the Sales Enablement team. Most recently, he served as interim CSO.

Smith has held senior leadership roles at 1E, Granicus and Vista Equity Partners. “This is an important growth period for Rithum, and Sean and Bill’s strengths and expertise will be instrumental in aiding that progress,” says Lou Keyes, CEO at Rithum.

“Sean’s visionary leadership and ability to drive innovation across revenue teams paired with Bill’s proven success in building high-performing sales organisations are exactly what we need to deliver meaningful results.”

2025 RTIH INNOVATION AWARDS

E-commerce will be a key focus area at the 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards.

The awards. which will open for entries in March, celebrate global tech innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

Our 2024 hall of fame entrants were revealed during an event which took place at RIBA’s 66 Portland Place HQ in Central London on 21st November, and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by comedian Lucy Porter.

In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “The event is now into its sixth year and what a journey it has been. The awards started life as an online only affair during the Covid outbreak, before launching as a small scale in real life event and growing year on year to the point where we’re now selling out this fine, historic venue.”

He added: “Congratulations to all of our finalists. Many submissions did not make it through to the final stage, and getting to this point is no mean feat. Checkout-free stores, automated supply chains, immersive experiences, on-demand delivery, next generation loyalty offerings, inclusive retail, green technology. We’ve got all the cool stuff covered this evening.”

“But just importantly we’ve got lots of great examples of companies taking innovative tech and making it usable in everyday operations - resulting in more efficiency and profitability in all areas.”

Congratulations to our 2024 winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Lucy Porter, and all those who attended November's gathering. 

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