Story + Leadership
Volusion provides a fully hosted platform that allows online merchants to easily design, build, market and manage ecommerce sites from a central location. Our platform is ready to go out of the box, so users don’t need to search for add-ons. Volusion’s dev team saw the need to create a product that would efficiently and effectively serve small- and medium-sized businesses, and eventually delivered a platform with more than 900 features that helps these businesses attract, convert and retain customers.
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Meet the people behind our company, our culture and our success.
As Founder and CEO, Kevin Sproles drives Volusion's overall strategic vision while overseeing all facets of the company's operations. Kevin originally started coding and designing websites early on in his career, and his passion quickly grew into a business. Out of the numerous clients he quickly acquired, most started to request the same need – a shopping cart. At this time, shopping cart software was in its infancy. Always up for a challenge, Kevin took the endeavor head on. With very little money and a great deal of perseverance, he started coding shopping cart software and Volusion was created in 1999.
In Volusion's early stages, Kevin worked by request to build software that fit clients' needs, often staying up all night implementing a new feature. He notes that his favorite thing to tell clients was, "Remember that feature you asked about yesterday? Here you go." This mentality remains a core value at Volusion to this day and drives its developers to continually implement new features and functionality to benefit those who know it best – their customers.
Bardia Dejban, Chief Operating Officer, has combined entrepreneurial, consumer product and enterprise software experiences that have helped him shape a philosophy of autonomy, transparency and simplicity. These traits serve as a catalyst and opportunity to create the best possible products for Volusion LLC customers by fueling a drive towards high-quality digital experiences that get shipped to market quickly and seamlessly.
Bardia is extremely passionate about driving positive change in organizations and fundamentally believes that people should always be the number one priority in every case: customers, employees and shareholders alike. Bardia holds an MBA from Pepperdine University. In his free time he likes to be with his family, visit new local spots, travel, go outdoors (hike, bike, walk) and solve problems he encountered during the week.
Jason focused his efforts on computer science, mathematics, and Japanese for his undergraduate work. He then went on to receive a PhD in theoretical and computational biophysics. After that, Jason held a joint postdoctoral researcher position in machine learning at Boston University and Dartmouth College.
Jason enjoys applying technology to solve business problems. He is currently focused on building and running an amazing engineering team and building a solid cloud-native platform on which Volusion's products will live.
Randon Kelly, Vice President of Finance, is a key member of the decision-making team, working closely with executive leadership to drive growth and efficiencies. Randon is responsible for the financial planning, analysis and reporting activities.
Randon's leadership experience includes three years at GE Capital, 15 years at Dell, and serving as the Finance Director of Andrew Harper. For the two years prior to joining Volusion, Randon founded and ran his own financial management consulting company where Volusion was a client. This experience cemented his passion for helping small and medium sized businesses achieve success.
Sandra Nguyen, Vice President of People & Culture, leads two important teams within the organization: People & Culture and Recruiting. Her role is to ensure that Volusion continues to be a Top Workplace and hire the best talent to boost the organization’s goals.
Receiving her PHR in 2009, she has worked across multiple functions within the company, providing her with the skill set needed to craft high performing teams that continuously deliver on Volusion’s core values. A finalist in Austin Business Journal’s 2010 Central Texas Women of Influence, Sandra is a strong believer in forging her own path and developing innovative initiatives for the Volusion team.
Outside of work, you can often find Sandra on a golf course somewhere cheering on her two boys from the sidelines.
Liz Downs, VP of Marketing, leads our internal Marketing team and growth strategy. Liz is tasked with driving brand awareness and top-line growth at Volusion.
Liz combines creative thinking and a deep background in storytelling with her love for analytics and problem solving. After receiving a MFA in Creative Writing, Liz taught Literature and Writing at the University of Alabama and later at Mount Saint Mary’s University, before transitioning into the world of digital and traditional marketing. Liz relishes the challenges involved in developing marketing plans and tactics -- the creative freedom coupled with the ability to analyze results and optimize accordingly, where everyday is the new baseline. Liz is passionate about helping existing small businesses and new founders excel and is grateful to work at Volusion, where the company’s success is dependant on the success of our merchants.