Why BackOps?
Where BackOps is headed in the future
In live entertainment, the show must go on—but the software to support it has never been center stage.
Most of the tools used across the entertainment industry weren’t built for it. They were retrofitted. Borrowed. Forced to fit workflows they were never designed to support.
Our “Why”
We’re not here just because we saw a gap in the market.
We’re here because we’ve lived the problem.
The entertainment industry deserves tools that are:
- Purpose-built from the ground up
- Grounded in real experience
- Designed with true user empathy
- Supported by modern, scalable technology
BackOps is our answer. A platform built for producers, stage managers, vendors, techs, coordinators, and operations teams—by people who’ve actually been in those roles.
Our mission is to make BackOps the trusted infrastructure behind your event, show, tour, or production.
Our Philosophy
BackOps is being built by Spade Software, a company founded on one simple idea:
When you pair world-class software experts with industry veterans who’ve lived the challenges firsthand, you can build something exceptional.
This isn’t theory for us—it’s practice. Our team includes:
- Veterans of the entertainment world with 15+ years of on-the-ground production experience
- Elite engineers who’ve led development at companies like IBM and built systems used by Fortune 500 clients
Together, we’re building software that doesn’t just check boxes—it actually makes sense for how live events are run.