Aitchison brings a background in scaling enterprise software, having held executive roles at Coupa, Swrve, and Introhive. His prior experience includes guiding companies through successful acquisitions and navigating Coupa’s IPO. He views the current market as a turning point where procurement must evolve into a central function for supply chain resilience and cost management.

Rasmussen joins with over 25 years in SaaS technology, including a decade as CTO at Xactly and his recent tenure as co-founder of Latitude 39. His arrival allows the company to separate product vision from engineering execution. By moving Leiken to Chief Product Officer, Arkestro aims to dedicate focused leadership to its predictive intelligence roadmap while Rasmussen oversees the core engineering expansion.

The leadership shift arrives as global demand for AI-driven procurement tools intensifies. Arkestro intends to leverage these appointments to scale its operations and core platform capabilities ahead of its flagship customer event, Optimal '26, scheduled for October in Houston.