I build with startups at the frontier, and bring what works into established businesses.
Fractional CTO, based in London.
Most businesses running on ageing technology don't need a strategy deck. They need someone who knows what actually works right now and can build it. I spend my time in two places: hands-on with early-stage startups using the newest tools as they land, and with established businesses bringing in the parts that are genuinely ready.
I'm an angel investor in six of those startups, so I have my own money on whether this stuff works.
- 15+ years building and leading engineering teams
- Multiple CTO roles, from founder-built prototype to acquired platform
- Led an ING spin-out, Loan Optics, through to international acquisition
- Delivered ISO27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus, the difference between selling to banks and not
- Angel investor in six startups across fintech, fashion, marketplaces and B2B SaaS
AI and agentic systems · retrieval and RAG · vector search and pgvector · LLM evaluation · developer tooling
Mostly Laravel, TypeScript and Python. Also Go, React, Node, AWS, Azure, GCP, Postgres.
- gemini-batch — an interface for working with the Gemini Batch API in Laravel
- release-notes-skill — a Claude skill that generates release notes from commit history
- ai-config — shared configuration for AI coding tools across machines
I take on fractional CTO work, technical advisory, and help established businesses bring in technology that actually works.
Start with a Frontier Review. Two weeks, fixed fee. Where modern technology creates real value in your business, what to build first, and what it's worth.