Technology Dinner
8 Lancashire Ct, London W1S 1EY
London
Summary
Making Headless Fly
At its heart the move towards a stack of connected "best of breed" technologies is driven by a need for greater performance. Lightning fast page load, seamless brand experience, greater global reach, faster time to market - choose your metric and the search for performance is the driver.
Headless (and all the other names associated) has also become a lightning rod for all things agile, dynamic and iterative - but not always customer first. It is undoubtedly time to debate the real drivers and value behind a Headless stack, and the latest thinking from those en route to how customers will really benefit.
At our technology dinner, we invited industry professionals for an evening of discussion and a chance to debate the endless possibilities for customisation.
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- Your Headless outcome - why are you motivated?
- Customer First - How will they benefit?
- Speed - Where should you spend your time investing?
- Economic efficiency - How can you gain significant savings across your TCO.
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Leon Shepherd
CIO
Ted BakerRead Full Bio →
Leon is the Chief Information Officer of Ted Baker, overseeing all technology strategy and delivery. He is a member of the organisation’s Board, accountable for leading the delivery of a 3-year digital transformation project. With over 20 years’ experience at the forefront of digital technology and having led multiple eCommerce replatforms he is also a passionate advocate of Agile ways of working, Leon has worked across some of the world’s largest companies including Vodafone and Jack Wills. Leon started his career as a programmer working on C++ and other object-oriented languages before moving into project management and leadership.
AGENDA
18:30 Arrival & Welcome Drinks
18:50 Welcome
Commerce Futures
19:00 Introduction
Leon Shepherd, CIO at Ted Baker
19:30 Starters (Topic one - Discussion at individual tables)
20:00 Topic one discussed as a collective
20:20 Mains (Topic two - Discussion at individual tables)
20:50 Topic two discussed as a collective
21:10 Dessert (Topic three - Discussion at individual tables)
21:40 Topic three discussed as a collective
22:00 Final remarks / Networking
![Leon Shepherd](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/638fa9c74d736b553a1a8d22/650463f2933220f548339f6a_Leon%20Shepherd%20.webp)
Leon Shepherd
CIO
Ted BakerRead Full Bio →
Leon is the Chief Information Officer of Ted Baker, overseeing all technology strategy and delivery. He is a member of the organisation’s Board, accountable for leading the delivery of a 3-year digital transformation project. With over 20 years’ experience at the forefront of digital technology and having led multiple eCommerce replatforms he is also a passionate advocate of Agile ways of working, Leon has worked across some of the world’s largest companies including Vodafone and Jack Wills. Leon started his career as a programmer working on C++ and other object-oriented languages before moving into project management and leadership.
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