# Gareth Dismore

> Gareth Dismore is a Denver-based software entrepreneur who co-founded Searchspring with Scott Zielinski in 2007, served as CTO and later CEO, and stepped down as CEO when Scaleworks acquired the bootstrapped company in May 2019. His subsequent public work includes product leadership at Meadow and an affiliation with Atreeva. His published essays explain product awareness, merchandising and the commercial consequences of poor ecommerce search.

- **Role:** Software entrepreneur, engineer and product leader
- **Organizations:** Searchspring (now part of Athos Commerce), Meadow, Atreeva
- **Education:** The Ohio State University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Searchspring and served as its technical leader and later CEO., Led Searchspring through its independent, bootstrapped period before the 2019 Scaleworks acquisition., Helped develop Searchspring’s Relevancy Platform.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Co-founded Searchspring with Scott Zielinski.
- **2009** — Searchspring opened its first Colorado Springs office, nicknamed the Quick Quack office after a neighboring car wash.
- **2011** — Identified as Searchspring CTO in Scott Zielinski’s Practical Ecommerce interview.
- **2013** — Searchspring moved to larger premises.
- **2014** — Searchspring opened a Denver office.
- **2017** — Published ecommerce-search essays as Searchspring CEO and co-founder.
- **2019** — Stepped down as CEO following the May 23 Scaleworks acquisition announcement; Peter Messana succeeded him.
- **2023** — Listed as Meadow Head of Product in the ASU+GSV Elite 200 look book.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Searchspring and served as its technical leader and later CEO.
- Led Searchspring through its independent, bootstrapped period before the 2019 Scaleworks acquisition.
- Helped develop Searchspring’s Relevancy Platform.
- Served as Head of Product at Meadow, documented in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Company context after Dismore’s CEO tenure: Searchspring’s acquisition of Klevu formed Athos Commerce.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dismore/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/garethdiz
- GitHub: https://github.com/objectoriented

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Last updated: 2026-10-25