Eric Best

Eric Best is the CEO and co-founder of SoundCommerce – a data platform company that helps brands deliver world-class, profitable retail shopping experiences. With more than 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive, Eric is a tenured leader in consumer-direct and retail commerce, SaaS, cloud integration, digital currency, and digital advertising. He has a proven track record of growing and guiding companies and their teams to shareholder liquidity. This includes cash exits to market makers Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Liberty Interactive (NASDAQ: LVNTA). His twenty years’ hands-on contributions range from ‘day-one’ founder roles to public offerings (NASDAQ: CHUBK) and board directorships. Prior to this newest venture co-founding SoundCommerce, Eric was co-CEO of consumer apparel brand Richer Poorer, Chief Commercial Officer & Strategic Advisor at customer data platform Amperity, Chief Strategy Officer at CommerceHub, and Founder & CEO of Mercent (acquired by CommerceHub in 2016). He graduated from Seattle Pacific University with dual B.A. degrees in Business Administration and Biology/Pre-Medicine.