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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-053216"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMRC"
cik: "0001626450"
company_name: "Commerce.com, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T22:07:24.662146+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BigCommerce appoints Travis Hess as President; former Accenture ecommerce leader to lead go-to-market

## Summary
- Travis Hess appointed President, effective May 28, 2024; leads global go-to-market and operations.
- Base salary $460,000, target bonus 80% of base, RSU grant of 360,264 shares vesting over four years.
- Hess previously managing director at Accenture, leading DTC commerce and Shopify partnership.
- Severance: 12 months base + healthcare in change-in-control; 6 months otherwise.
- Also hires Thom Armstrong as VP Americas enterprise sales; previously at Stylitics and Salesforce.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-053216
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMRC
- cik: 0001626450
- company_name: Commerce.com, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626450/000095017024053216/0000950170-24-053216-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626450/000095017024053216/bigc-20240506.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-053216
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-053216.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Travis Hess was appointed as President at Commerce.com, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On April 24, 2024, BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), appointed Travis Hess, age 52, as its President, effective May 28, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626450/000095017024053216/0000950170-24-053216-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.