About
What I do
I’ve built and governed platforms in environments where reliability, compliance, and capital discipline are non-negotiable. My work spans enterprise data strategy, engineering leadership, and AI-enabled operating models.
Founder perspective
Founding and scaling companies taught me that technology decisions are balance-sheet decisions. Architecture affects cost structure. Delivery cadence affects trust. Governance affects valuation. These lessons continue to inform how I design teams and systems.
How I lead
- Improve cycle time and reduce friction across teams and functions
- Break large initiatives into smaller, faster loops with clear ownership
- Use metrics (cycle time, deployment frequency, incident trends) to guide decisions
- Prioritise written clarity and async alignment for distributed execution
- Mentor through regular 1:1s, direct feedback, and consistent expectations
- Coordinate incidents calmly and systematically, with clear follow-through
- Hire for ownership, autonomy, and long-term team resilience
Operating principles
- Governance and security are product requirements
- Reliability compounds; heroics do not
- Capital discipline sharpens engineering decisions
- Small, fast experiments beat prolonged alignment
- Teams scale through context, not control
- Data literacy is a cultural transformation
Outside of work
I have an amazing wife and am a hands-on father to a two-year-old daughter. Family time includes petting farms, swimming, and foodie exploration.
I reset with 10min daily meditations, drives through country B-roads in 3.6L flat-six automobile while singing along to my favourite music.