Scaling
Technology & Teams
CTO for the AI age. I combine 38 years of engineering experience with modern AI to build tech that actually works
I help scaling companies build the best technology. Whether it's integrating agentic AI or fixing your core systems, I focus on what delivers value, not just on what's trending.
3+ Decades of Tech Leadership
By the Numbers
38
Years Experience
$150M+
PE Raised
0 - 100
Size of teams I have built
15 years
Systems I have created still running
$15B+
Portfolios managed by my systems
10M+
Monthly users of architectures I have created
> 70%
Measured productivity gain via AI strategy
100K
App users within 1st year
5.3x
Leadership for revenue growth
Latest Thinking
Insights on engineering culture, strategy, and scaling.
AI Development: The Engineer's Playbook
Stop using AI as autocomplete. Start using it to build systems. Here's the practical, no-shortcuts approach.
The Best First AI Project Is the One Nobody Asked For
Your team's internal tools backlog is the perfect low-stakes proving ground for AI development. Here's why, and how to make it happen.
Observability: you can't fix what you can't see
The cost of baking observability in from day one is close to zero. The cost of not having it can be measured in missed deadlines, lost revenue, and sleepless nights.
The less obvious: operating principles for high-performance teams
Much of software development is well understood. Smart teams, good communication, building the right things. But what about the parts that aren't in the online textbook?
AI coding: what the research actually says
A peer-reviewed study puts numbers to the AI coding debate. The results might surprise the sceptics.
AI coding: what's actually happening
Cutting through the noise on AI-assisted development, for people who need to make decisions about it.