Leading Retail Growth: A CTO’s Perspective | Fireside Chat with ME+EM

At this year’s Meet Magento 2023 conference, Akoova’s Chief Architect and Co-founder Zac Stevens hosted a compelling and engaging fireside chat with Paul Younghusband, CTO of ME+EM, one of our amazing clients.

Paul is a CTO with over 20 years of experience in retail. He is passionate about building high-performing technology teams that excel in creating scalable technology stacks and delivering exceptional user experiences. Previously, Paul served as the CTO at END. – another amazing client – where he played a pivotal role in their remarkable success.

In this fireside chat, Paul and Zac discussed the role of a CTO of a leading online retail brand.

Among the many highlights, we discover:

• Why vision is key to the role of an online retail CTO

• Whether it’s better to be surrounded by great people over technology, or vice-versa

• When a successful online retailer should start looking for a CTO – and what should they be looking for

• Why collaboration between Marketing and Tech is so important

• And much more!