In this episode, we talk with Dorian Kendal from Netlify.

Dorian Kendal
As Chief Marketing Officer at Netlify, Dorian Kendal is responsible for driving brand awareness and growth. Dorian has a passion for building high-performing teams and driving growth through innovative marketing strategies. He has held leadership positions at several high-profile companies, including Trulia (acquired by Zillow), and Unity where he launched the company's subscription business and oversaw onboarding and retention. Dorian has also guided numerous high-profile clients, including Twitter, Google, and Meta, through his consulting business.

Netlify
Netlify is the platform your developers love for building highly-performant and dynamic websites, e-commerce stores and web apps. By uniting an extensive ecosystem of technologies, services and APIs into one workflow, Netlify unlocks new levels of team productivity, while saving time and money. As pioneers of the Jamstack movement, Netlify brings together all modern web frameworks, serverless functions and edge computing into one platform to deliver unmatched user experiences. Millions of developers and businesses build with Netlify, from Fortune 500 companies like Unilever and Verizon to companies changing our digital experiences like Peloton and Twilio. Get started for free at netlify.com.

 In this episode, we talk with Justin Barth and Ben Coffin from Algolia.

Justin Barth
Justin Barth is a Senior Sales Leader at Algolia and has spent the better part of a decade in SaaS. Throughout his tenure as a sales leader and sales rep, Justin fostered the adoption of composable technology with businesses of all kinds. He's also developed a unique perspective around the modern software buying journey—aspiring to make it a more collaborative and transparent partnership. Justin comes from a background of traditional finance in both private wealth management and private equity. These experiences have shaped his ROI-first approach to innovation with his clients.

Ben Coffin
Ben Coffin serves as leader within MACH and composable alliances at Algolia - both with ISV and professional service organizations. With a focus on composable architecture, he keeps his finger on the pulse of omni-channel commerce. He is a passionate advocate for the power of composable technology to drive innovation and deliver real business value, and he works to help enterprise organizations take advantage of this cutting-edge approach.

Ben, his partner, and their adventure dog Cash (read Johnny, not money) nomad their way through the Mountain West, West Coast, and PNW but ultimately call Texas homebase.

Algolia

Algolia’s Search & Discovery APIs provide companies with a better way to build fast, relevant, and dynamic online experiences that delight and convert. Algolia's technology is used by 17,000+ companies across E-commerce, Media, SaaS, Healthcare, Financial Services, and more. Algolia powers 1.5T searches/year which is 4x more than Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Baidu, and Yandex combined. They are also a founding member of the MACH Alliance with a platform purpose-built for composability and interoperability. Algolia has raised $330M+ from world-renowned investors including Accel, Salesforce Ventures, Twilio, Lone Pine Capital, SaaStr Fund and Y Combinator.

Welcome to The Composable Connection. In Episode 0 we will discuss the history behind Composable Commerce.