About

What do I do?

I’m an experienced technology person who has worked mostly in software, leading several companies over a near 40 year professional career.

Originally a Software Engineer, Engineering Manager, CTO, and then CEO. After a number of successful exits I now do an interesting mix of direct hands-on software hacking, non-exec strategy/advisory roles, and seed support. I keep an up to date mental tech landscape, and use it to target support for people who are building important things.

Projects that I currently get excited about address things like:

• Digital inclusion: promoting wider participation in creating the technology we use, and spreading the benefits fairly throughout society.
• Education: new outreach and educational models to build a diverse next generation of socially motivated technologists.
• Safety and wellbeing: using good technology to improve people's lives (or just challenge and mitigate harmful technology)
• Environment: using tech to reduce our carbon and plastic waste footprint.

If you are in an organisation and want some of my time and experience to help you interpret a technical landscape, target effective interventions, or just approach solving a hard technical or organisational problem that is bogging you down then please get in touch. If we agree that I can help you then you can buy some of my time at an hourly rate if you are a well resourced private or public sector organisation.

If a paid advice model doesn't work for you because you are just starting out and trying to achieve traction then please talk to me anyway. I’m always happy to make time for people trying to bring good ideas to life. What mostly matters to me is that we both value what I can do for you, and that the output makes some part of society tangibly better!