I am a CTO with 20+ years of experience in scaling online businesses across various sectors using strategic technology deployment, team leadership, and data-driven product development.
I’ve founded or co-founded multiple startups across SaaS, AI, tech consulting, language learning, fashion resale, and e-commerce.
Throughout, I’ve led great technology teams that have delivered wonderful products. I have also seen my fair share of less-than-ideal outcomes. I’ve seen products fail that shouldn’t have, I’ve seen businesses waste money hand over fist, and I’ve seen even the best-meaning development teams completely fail to deliver value to the business they’re serving. Suffice it to say I’ve seen and learned from the best and the worst, I’ve seen smart entrepreneurs make bad technical decisions, and I’ve seen a lack of meaningful systems lead to the death of otherwise capable teams.
From that experience, I think I can claim to be something of an “old dog”, and I’d like to use that knowledge to help teach you a few new tricks.
An award-winning Entrepreneur
My track record includes:
- Engineered innovative AI technology for an Edtech startup, earning industry recognition.
- Received the BMWi UK Edtech Startup Founder of the Year award.
- Fostered a high-performance team culture across 8 countries and 5 time zones.
- Evolved system architecture from monolithic to flexible, API-based microservices.
- Drove the early adoption of generative AI and Large Language Models in multiple production systems.
A Technology Coach
I’m both a technologist and an entrepreneur at heart. I love solving complex business problems with smart technical solutions, I also like helping smart entrepreneurs understand the problems they’re facing so they can solve those problems themselves with their own teams. As a technology coach, I help you understand the technical landscape, to sort through the noise and find the real nuggets of value, and most importantly, I help you ensure your technical and non-technical teams are speaking the same language.
A Fractional CTO
As a Fractional CTO, I bring strategic planning expertise to startups and fast-growing companies, helping them navigate technology choices, develop roadmaps, and assemble high-performing, globally distributed teams. My experience includes co-founding two startups and driving innovation in several others—environments that demand flexibility, creativity, and quick decision-making.
A mentor
If you’re just starting out in your career, or just feeling a bit flat in your current role, I’m more than happy to talk things through and offer a bit of perspective. Get Iin on LinkedIn to start a conversation.