2025 Speakers

Ian Rawlins was appointed CEO of Tulip on January 1, 2024. With over 30 years of experience in the retail technology sector, Rawlins is a highly accomplished leader with a strong track record of scaling software businesses and driving innovation in the retail customer engagement market. Before joining Tulip, Rawlins spent more than a decade at Aptos, a leading retail technology vendor, where he served as Chief Strategy Officer. During his tenure, he played a pivotal role in transforming Aptos from a divisional spinout from Epicor Inc. into a standalone global retail technology leader. Earlier in his career Rawlins co-founded Triversity. Under his leadership, Triversity achieved significant growth, becoming a global leader delivering store software solutions to enterprise retailers before its acquisition by SAP. With deep expertise in customer engagement technologies including Clienteling, CRM, Point of Sale and Marketing Automation solutions, Rawlins is an innovator in the retail technology industry. His strategic vision and insights drive Tulip's ability to transform retail customer engagement, enabling retailers to expand and thrive in today’s highly competitive, global retail markets.