Stuart McMillan

Deputy Head of E-Commerce
Schuh

A senior ecommerce professional, I have a wide range of experience in all aspects of ecommerce, from design, to content production; from managing high availability infrastructure to user experience testing. I have experience in managing teams to deliver the above, as well as other areas such as development testing and PCI compliance. I work within the fashion industry.

I have particular interests in page performance, conversion rate optimisation, usability, responsive web design, customer experience and order fulfilment.

My goal is simple: I want to be responsible for the best-in-industry ecommerce website that does everything right, every last detail.

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Re-imagining Retail Day

Thursday, October 6th, 2016

11:45 Site Speed Demystified: It’s Not As Hard As You Think To Speed Up Your Website

Bottom line: slow websites are a poor user experience and can be bad for conversion. Improving site speed is rarely seen as the job of eCommerce teams and is the responsibility of the developers, which can often cause conflict. In a presentation designed for eCommerce people of any level, Stuart McMillan will lift the lid on site speed and give you some fundamental understanding of the subject. Stuart used to be a senior developer before moving in to eCommerce, and has worked closely with the development team in schuh to dramatically improve the site speed. You’ll come away with lots of ideas of how to improve your site. The session will cover:

• How websites load
• How you measure site speed
• What causes websites to be slow
• How can we speed them up?
• Some top tips!