Retail IT Connect 2025

June 10 - 11, 2025

Allianz Stadium, Twickenham

Jonathan Summerfield

CEO & Founder Xiatech

Jonathan Summerfield is the founder and CEO of Xiatech, an award-winning company he founded in 2013 to radically accelerate the business transformation of organisations using Hyper-Integration technologies and techniques. In his role, he drives Xiatech’s strategy and execution. Jonathan has nearly three decades of experience in the software industry. Before starting Xiatech, he was the CTO at Ladbrokes where he led the organisation’s global transformation strategy and omnichannel workstreams. Prior to this, he drove the Strategy and Architecture teams at Tesco & Tesco.com, was CTO at SiegelGale and spent his former years delivering technology initiatives at Marks and Spencer.

Jonathan is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, including a regular guest at Retail CIO Connect. Jonathan is sought after for his practical advice in helping executives to define and deliver digital-enabled business transformation including technology strategy, data transformation and complex system integration initiatives.

Day 1 | 10th June

9:50 AM INDUSTRY CASE STUDY: How to use the key building blocks of a composable architecture to accelerate your digital transformation

  • Why should you closely align the business and technology teams and how can you achieve cross-silo collaboration? 
  • How can you roll out large-scale tech modernisation without impacting continued business performance? 
  • How can you ensure new technology “shakes hands” with your incumbent tech? 
  • As the tech landscape is constantly changing, how can you ensure your new tools aren’t ‘legacy’ tech by the end of your project? 

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Jonathan.

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