I’ve spent the last 20 years working with software startups, initially in product and delivery roles, and then focusing on the operational and strategic challenges of building companies.

In 2006 I co-founded the software company, BPM Logic. We built software and platforms for many of the original wave of “Silicon Roundabout” startups.

In 2017 I joined Prolific as one of the first employees. In my time as COO we scaled from 5-150 people, x100 revenue, raised $32M, and expanded into the US.

I went through many phases of scaling over 7 years, getting involved with managing almost every area of the business at some point, and solving many interesting problems, learning about new things, and having some crazy growth experiences.

Angel investing

I’ve started to do some angel investing, mainly through Ventures Together. If you are building something interesting, and thinking about raising money, tell me about it.

I am particularly interested in Fintech, Marketplaces, Crowd-working, AI infrastructure & Data startups.

Startup Advisory

I’m always up for discussing strategic challenges of any kind, but I think I can best help startups in Seed - Series B stage of scaling:

-Talent, hiring, people, culture and organisational structure

-Business model analysis, and Growth strategy

-Product and Strategic roadmaps, and Strategy workshops

-Leadership team effectiveness

-Coaching CEOs, Founders and Execs

-Operational strategy

-Crisis management. When disaster strikes and there doesn’t seem to be a way out, I believe there’s always a way forward - “The obstacle is the way”