GeekWire Studios: Acumatica Summit 2026 Spotlight | Miten Mehta

What does it take to engineer ERP solutions that actually works in the real world? Acumatica Chief Engineering Officer Miten Mehta details how Acumatica’s engineering philosophy starts with how customers run their businesses day to day.

Miten explains how close collaboration with customers shapes priorities, ensuring new capabilities are practical, flexible, and designed to fit naturally into real operational workflows. Rather than forcing businesses to adapt to rigid systems, Acumatica’s teams focus on building software that adapts to customers, supporting diverse industries, evolving business models, and changing market demands.

The conversation also dives into how Acumatica evaluates emerging technologies like AI. Miten outlines a disciplined approach to innovation, where new capabilities earn their place by solving real problems and delivering lasting value. He also highlights how these principles are reflected in Acumatica’s upcoming 2026 R1 release, from modernized user experiences and configurable automation tools to enhanced reporting and industry-specific capabilities shaped directly by customer feedback. These updates show Acumatica's commitment to making ERP more intuitive, responsive, and aligned with how businesses actually work.

Finally, Miten discusses the role of Acumatica’s cloud-native architecture in enabling growth without constraint. By designing for scalability, openness, and flexibility from the start, Acumatica helps customers integrate new capabilities, expand into new markets, and evolve their systems without being locked into rigid platforms or facing unexpected costs.

Explore how Acumatica’s cloudnative ERP and the 2026 R1 update support realworld business growth