As technology becomes central to every strategic decision, most boards find themselves without the depth to evaluate it properly. I bring 25 years of engineering leadership, commercial experience and hands-on technical expertise to the board table.
Evaluating technology investments, assessing digital transformation strategies, and providing credible technical due diligence for M&A. So the board can challenge management with confidence, not just defer to it.
Most boards lack the depth to govern AI properly. I can evaluate AI strategies, assess platform risks, and help the board ask the right questions before the regulator asks them first.
Deep understanding of technology risk, cybersecurity, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance across financial services, e-commerce, and SaaS. Translating technical risk into language a board can act on.
Hands-on experience leading transformations up to £20M in scope. The ability to assess whether a management team's plan is credible, and to challenge it constructively where it isn't.
A track record of translating technical capability into commercial outcomes. $1M to $11M ARR, £6M+ in efficiency savings, and a technology business built and scaled from scratch.
Boards often can't evaluate their own technology leaders. I can credibly assess CTO and Head of Engineering performance. A clear recommendation, not a diplomatic hedge.
Three distinct perspectives that give a board a technical voice with genuine commercial and entrepreneurial grounding.
25 years building and scaling technology at every stage, from founding team to global enterprise. The technical depth a board needs to govern, not just oversee.
Scaled EMEA operations from $1M to $11M ARR with 90% retention. Led a £14M product launch delivering £5M annual revenue growth. Technical capability expressed in commercial outcomes.
Three times a founder across different markets and technology cycles. The instinct for what's credible and what's been dressed up to sound like it.
Fractional CTPO
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API Orca
Founder / CRO
Block Guerrillas
Head of EMEA Enterprise Solutions
Apollo GraphQL
Head of API Engineering
RS Components
Founder / CTO
FactorEleven
Head of Product
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