{"id":37222,"date":"2024-08-26T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press-room.saatva.com\/leadership\/laura1-goldstein-4\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:50:19","slug":"evan-huston","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/press-room.saatva.com\/leadership\/evan-huston\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Huston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-acf-background-accents has-background has-pearl-bush-background-color\">\n    <div class=\" relative overflow-clip accent-coverage\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/press-room.saatva.com\/wp-content\/themes\/saatva-press-2025\/public\/build\/assets\/waves-t-BMyJDEAj.png\"\n    class=\"absolute inset-x-0 top-0 w-full\"\n    role=\"presentation\"\n    alt=\"\"\n\/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/press-room.saatva.com\/wp-content\/themes\/saatva-press-2025\/public\/build\/assets\/waves-b-DpqQ5T8g.png\"\n    class=\"absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 w-full\"\n    role=\"presentation\"\n    alt=\"\"\n\/>\n    \n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7d09e458 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--6);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--6)\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer is-style-lg\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-debf7b26 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Meet Evan Huston<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Learn more about Saatva&#8217;s Digital and IT leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer is-style-lg\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide wp-block-acf-leadership-bio\">\n    <div class=\"card grid items-center md:grid-cols-5\">\n        <div class=\"relative aspect-square overflow-clip md:col-span-2\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/press-room.saatva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Evan2024-1-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"layer object-cover\" alt=\"Evan2024 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/press-room.saatva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Evan2024-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/press-room.saatva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Evan2024-1-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/press-room.saatva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Evan2024-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/press-room.saatva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Evan2024-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/press-room.saatva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Evan2024-1-737x737.jpg 737w, https:\/\/press-room.saatva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Evan2024-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"@container\/card text-center md:col-span-3\">\n            <div class=\"@sm\/card:p-12 p-8\">\n                \n                                    <ul\n        class=\"flex flex-wrap mb-4 justify-center\"\n        aria-label=\"Social media links\"\n    >\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/evanhuston\/\" class=\"icon-btn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n                    <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 640\"><!--!Font Awesome Free v7.0.1 by @fontawesome - https:\/\/fontawesome.com License - https:\/\/fontawesome.com\/license\/free Copyright 2025 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d=\"M512 96L127.9 96C110.3 96 96 110.5 96 128.3L96 511.7C96 529.5 110.3 544 127.9 544L512 544C529.6 544 544 529.5 544 511.7L544 128.3C544 110.5 529.6 96 512 96zM231.4 480L165 480L165 266.2L231.5 266.2L231.5 480L231.4 480zM198.2 160C219.5 160 236.7 177.2 236.7 198.5C236.7 219.8 219.5 237 198.2 237C176.9 237 159.7 219.8 159.7 198.5C159.7 177.2 176.9 160 198.2 160zM480.3 480L413.9 480L413.9 376C413.9 351.2 413.4 319.3 379.4 319.3C344.8 319.3 339.5 346.3 339.5 374.2L339.5 480L273.1 480L273.1 266.2L336.8 266.2L336.8 295.4L337.7 295.4C346.6 278.6 368.3 260.9 400.6 260.9C467.8 260.9 480.3 305.2 480.3 362.8L480.3 480z\"\/><\/svg>                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n                \n                                    <p class=\"meta mb-4\">\n                        Chief Technology &#038; Digital Officer\n                    <\/p>\n                \n                <h2 class=\"h1\">Evan Huston<\/h2>\n\n                                    <div class=\"rich-text mt-8\">\n                        <p>Evan is a results-oriented technology executive with software development and IT expertise, primarily in marketplace\/eCommerce and omnichannel retail. Passionate about developing people, processes, and technology to achieve digital transformations that deliver business outcomes and meaningful experiences to Saatva customers.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer is-style-lg\"><\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n    <p>&#8220;Innovation is critical to running an effective software engineering and IT organization.  It&#8217;s not uncommon for an innovative team to uncover a unique approach to a problem that is exponentially more efficient and better for the customer than the straightforward path.  Innovative teams must be deeply engaged in solving the problem at hand and be provided open space to problem solve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer is-style-lg\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide wp-block-acf-leadership-articles\">\n    <h3 class=\"plain-text -h4\">\n            Featured Articles\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div class=\"wp-block-spacer is-style-md\"><\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-4 sm:gap-8 md:gap-12 scroll-mt-24 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3\">\n    <article class=\"@container\/card plain-text grid text-center\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/228268\/12-reasons-why-digital-transformations-fail.html\" class=\"group\/card card-clickable flex flex-col card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        <div class=\"aspect-square relative w-full overflow-clip bg-dune text-white\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"558\" 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