Magento Association

In Episode 14 (Part 2) of the Magento Association Podcast, Sergej Derzap (Amasty) shares a candid perspective on owning your tech, the open source versus SaaS debate, and where the Magento Association is headed. Sergej wears a lot of hats. What started as marketing volunteering for the Association grew into content production, managing community initiatives, a board seat, and the role of treasurer...

In Episode 13 of the Magento Association Podcast, Ben Marks shares a candid, experience-driven perspective on open source, community, and how Magento grew into a global movement. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Ben traces his unlikely path into tech: a psychology degree, years playing music full time, and a chance leap into PHP that landed him at Blue Acorn in the earliest days of Magen...

In Episode 12 of the Magento Association Podcast, Sergej Derzap (Amasty) shares a candid, practitioner's perspective on open source trust, the Magento brand, and what the community needs to build next. Sergej is CEO & CPO at Amasty, one of the largest Magento extension builders globally. He arrived from enterprise outsourcing and a stint co-founding a ride-sharing startup in New York — and...

In Episode 11 of the Magento Association Podcast, Artur Fridberg (co-founder of JetRails ) and Nicanor Gioffré ( Improntus ) share a practitioner's perspective on self-hosted AI, open source ecommerce, and why predictability beats frontier models when you're running mission-critical Magento stores. Artur started what became JetRails back in 2000 as a shared hosting company, eventually narrowing in...

In Episode 10, Arron Moss (Zero-1) shares a candid perspective on AI, open source commerce, and why digital sovereignty still matters in an era of SaaS consolidation. Arron founded Zero-1 in 1999 and has been working with Magento since 2009. Operating from the UK and Florida with a team of around ten, Zero-1 has built the first open source point-of-sale on Hyvä, released an MIT-licensed AI merchan...

In Episode 9 of the Magento Association Podcast, Maier Bianchi (Bemeir) shares a candid, experience-driven perspective on Magento, AI disruption, and the evolving reality of eCommerce. From his early exposure to eCommerce in the early 2000s to building a Magento-focused agency, Maier breaks down what makes the Magento ecosystem unique and why it continues to power complex commerce use cases despit...

What really powers modern eCommerce isn’t just the storefront—it’s everything happening behind the scenes. In this episode of the Magento Association Podcast, Robert Rand (iPaaS) breaks down the invisible layer that keeps businesses running: integrations, data flows, and system orchestration. From Magento 1 days to today’s AI-driven ecosystem, this conversation explores how data has quietly become...

What makes the Magento ecosystem different from other eCommerce platforms? In this episode of the Magento Association Podcast, Matt Harris continues his conversation with Slava Kravchuk, exploring the deeper forces shaping the Magento community today. The discussion goes beyond technology and platforms. It focuses on something even more fundamental: trust, long-term partnerships, and the power of...

What really separates B2B from B2C in eCommerce? And why does Magento still matter in 2026?In this episode of the Magento Association Podcast, Slava Kravchuk (Atwix) shares his journey from OSCommerce to the very first Magento Imagine — and why that moment changed everything.“When I saw that… my mind just instantly clicked like this is the future.”Slava dives deep into what most agencies underesti...

In this episode of the Magento Association Podcast, we’re joined by Matt Parkinson, a long-time Magento practitioner and leader at Gene Commerce. With nearly two decades of hands-on experience in the Magento ecosystem, Matt brings a practitioner’s perspective shaped by real-world builds, complex integrations, and long-term merchant growth. This is not theory, it’s lived experience from someone who...

In this special edition of the Magento Association Podcast, recorded in collaboration with Hello Moxie, host Nicole Donnelly sits down with Melanie Prange, CEO of MSTAGE, an e-commerce agency based in Austria. Together with host Nicole, Melanie shares her journey into leadership, what it really means to “find your voice” in tech, and why community, co-opetition, and long-term relationships matter...

In this episode of the Magento Association Podcast, host Matt Harris sits down with Brent Peterson, CEO of Content Cucumber and long-time Magento community leader. Brent shares stories from his early days launching Wajento, becoming one of the first Magento moderators, and helping shape the open-source ecosystem we know today. Together, they explore the future of agentic commerce, AI in eCommerce,...

🎧 In Episode 2 of the Magento Association Podcast, host Matt Harris sits down with Jakub Winkler, founder of qoliber and long-time Magento contributor, to explore the evolving role of Magento Open Source in today’s SaaS-dominated eCommerce landscape. With 14 years of hands-on experience, Jakub offers a no-nonsense perspective on the real cost of ownership, the flexibility of open source, and the...

🎧 Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Magento Association Podcast and we’re kicking it off with a bang. Host Matt Harris sits down with none other than Mathias Schreiber, Executive Director of the Magento Association, for an unfiltered, insightful, and future-focused conversation about the state of Magento Open Source and where we go from here. This isn’t just another podcast episode. It’s a...