Chris Mele
CEOSPP
About
As CEO of the world’s leading pricing consultancy, Chris Mele has a unique lens on the easily misunderstood world of software pricing and capability valuation. Chris and the team at Software Pricing Partners (SPP) leverage innovative software and over four decades of expertise to help companies launch new products and implement pricing as an ongoing and defendable process that maximizes revenue and customer loyalty. A computer science graduate of Miami University, Mele started at Ernst & Young, where he where he worked with Bank of America and Netscape to launch the nation’s first online banking solution. Next, after serving as a dotcom growth director at Rare Medium, in 2002 Chris cofounded a software company that helped the construction industry maximize efficiencies across sales, marketing and operations. After twelve years as CEO, in 2014 Chris joined SPP, where he currently enjoys working with some of the fastest-growing companies in the world.
Chris Mele
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Jun 24, 2025
Simplicity in software pricing is key to safeguarding sellers and buyers during uncertain times.
Company details
SPP
Company bio
Software Pricing Partners (SPP) is the category creator in software pricing. With more than four decades of experience treating pricing as a discipline, no firm has helped more companies drive more revenue. As literal innovators and pioneers in the space, SPP helps clients define their value, deploy their model, and defend their price with maximum confidence. SPP is the only pricing firm that uses its own purpose-built SaaS platform (LevelSetter) to codify and accelerate the pricing process.