TeamSPS

Moments from life at SPS Commerce and our #TeamSPS community. Highlights include company meetings announcing sponsorships, Tech Connect conferences, volunteer projects and social events like hockey games.

Nov 10, 2020 ∞

Growth Summit 2021

Today #TeamSPS joined together around the world for Growth Summit 2021! We had a great event, with the show being broadcast live from the Minneapolis Convention Center. We had a ton of precautions to keep things as safe as possible with the pandemic.

The event was fabulous, and the team was engaged with online activities that were paired up with the sessions. Truly a great online experience.

Large conference hall with sparse socially distanced audience watching a Customer Centric Experience presentation on a wide stage screen

We had a thought provoking keynote from Greg Bell on the power of a simple question, What is Going Well?

Man smiling on a large projection screen at a convention center stage, with a camera operator and seated audience member in the foreground.

I loved some of the behind the scenes stuff. I’d like to play around with all this gear.

Production crew working at multiple laptops and monitors in a darkened backstage area with cables and rack-mounted broadcast equipment.

Large truss rack filled with cables and AV equipment on a convention center stage bathed in blue light, empty seating visible behind

Had to get made up for the big event.

Masked makeup artist applies cosmetics to a seated person in a dressing room while a man in background gives a thumbs up

Darkened backstage room with two people watching a live broadcast on a wall-mounted screen showing a speaker on a colorful stage set

What a great day #TeamSPS! It is going to be a great 2021!

Man wearing a navy face mask takes a selfie in front of a large Greetings from GROWTH SPS Summit 2021 display screen

Oct 23, 2020 ∞

Fun #TeamSPS project for a Friday afternoon. Enlisting the kids to help with decorating. ☝️

Cardboard number 1 cut from a shipping box, resting on a white kitchen counter beside scraps of cardboard.

Jul 26, 2020 ∞

We had a nice (socially distanced) walk along the Snake River / Emily Stevens Park in Jackson, WY with Kendra Gapinski and family! #TeamSPS

Group of seven people smiling outdoors on a wooded trail along a river, including two adults, two children, and a toddler being held.

Jul 9, 2020 ∞

We capped off #TeamSPS TechJam 2020 with a keynote from Casey Rosenthal on resilient systems and the practices that enable and support that transition. He filled it with fabulous stories relating the core resiliency topics to historical problems. 🙌

Zoom recording of a man in a dark red shirt and glasses presenting a slide about the Evolution of complex system operations covering CI, CD, and Continuous Verification to 171 participants.

Jul 8, 2020 ∞

Love the enthusiasm and passion that Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is sharing with #TeamSPS during TechJam! “Spearheading the Future of Programming” His love for the craft of programming is overflowing! 👩‍💻👨‍💻

Middle-aged man with mustache and glasses seated outdoors with rocky mountain peaks and pine trees behind him

Jul 7, 2020 ∞

SPS TechJam 2020

Today we kick off #TeamSPS TechJam 2020! We have 31 presenters leading sessions that “follow the sun” with our teams around the world! The event is framed in with a Hackathon and Deep Racer competition! We are embracing remote with all activities online! 🙌

Jun 11, 2020 ∞

Distribution Center Simulation

I was able to participate in one of the first run-throughs of our new Distribution Center Simulation! It was a fabulous experience that will help #TeamSPS contextualize the benefit our services have for our customers. Hats off to the team that made this vision a reality. I love how they made it all real by using real products and staging everything just like it would happen in a distribution center. They even had speakers with truck and forklift sounds! 🚚

Also, extremely impressive how they modified the process to allow us to do this in-person experience during the pandemic. 😷

May 20, 2020 ∞

2020 Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Award Ceremony

It was great to attend the Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Award Ceremony tonight held online. The accomplishments of these young women are incredibly impressive. It is an honor that SPS Commerce is one of the sponsors of the program, and we are hosting multiple interns this summer from the program, as we have for multiple years before. A big shout out to Amy Patton of #TeamSPS who has put so much into this program, as well as many others! “Photos” of Erin Mitchell (Keynote), John Bartucz (Educator Honoree), Afiya Ward (State Winner), Amy Patton (Intern Program), Stuti Arora (Intern Speaker), and Russell Fraenkel (Committee Member).

See Aspirations Awards events from 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2024.

Apr 28, 2020 ∞

Our new office space in Kyiv, Ukraine is coming along nicely and will be ready for #TeamSPS when we are able to return to the office! The pandemic posed logistical issues but the project team managed through it.

Empty open-plan office floor with gray carpet, exposed concrete columns, floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Kyiv cityscape Office kitchen cabinets being installed in a high-rise space with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Kyiv rooftops Under-construction office floor with glass partition walls, Rockfon ceiling tile boxes stacked nearby, and a Kyiv cityscape visible through floor-to-ceiling windows. Empty Kyiv office space under construction with a large whiteboard wall, glass partitions, grey carpet, and city views through floor-to-ceiling windows. Empty open-plan office floor with gray carpet, concrete columns, recessed lighting, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a city skyline. Glass partition walls with red and white caution tape blocking entry to an unfinished office space under construction in Kyiv

Apr 25, 2020 ∞

Another great Peloton spin class with fellow #TeamSPS members this morning — 30 min 80s Rock Ride! #FitByFifty 🚴‍♂️