Experience
Scope of responsibility, not a job history.
3×Faster Engineering Delivery
60%Lower Cloud Costs
1→15Data & Analytics Team Scaled
75%Manual Reporting Automation
Series B–DFundraising Supported (data rooms, board dashboards)
Scope of Responsibility
Chief Technology Officer · McKenzie Intelligence Services
Company stageB2B geospatial intelligence SaaS, serving governments, insurers and financial institutions · 2023–2026
ScopeEngineering · Data
OrganisationUp to 8 professionals across Engineering and Data
Executive scopeTechnology Strategy · Engineering · Data · Cloud Architecture · Board & Investor Reporting
Accountability
- Defined and executed a five-year technology and data roadmap
- Partnered directly with the Board and investors to align technology strategy with growth and valuation
- Owned delivery process and cloud architecture decisions end to end
Outcomes
- 3× increase in engineering delivery speed through process optimisation and automation
- 60% reduction in cloud infrastructure costs while improving scalability and reliability
- Governance and reporting framework used directly for board and investor updates
Director of Data · Builder.ai
Company stageVC-backed hyper-growth AI SaaS, Series B to D · 2019–2022
ScopeData & Analytics · Engineering · BI · Data Science
OrganisationBuilt and led the Data & Analytics division from 1 to 15 professionals
Executive scopeData & Analytics Strategy · Engineering · AI · Cloud Architecture · Board & Investor Reporting
Accountability
- Owned investor-grade analytics and board-level dashboards covering ARR, MRR, churn, LTV and CAC
- Led AI initiatives including an AI-powered chatbot ("Natasha") and a Neo4j knowledge graph migration
- Architected cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure) to support hyper-growth and global operations
Outcomes
- Delivered the investor-grade analytics that directly supported Series B, C and D fundraising rounds
- 75% reduction in manual finance and product reporting effort
- Data & Analytics division scaled from a single hire to fifteen
Earlier career:Senior Data Engineer · Busuu·Data Engineer · BBOXX·Full-stack Software Engineer · Gameloft·Middleware & Cloud Technical Consultant · Oracle·Infrastructure Specialist · IBM·Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer · Renault
My First 90 Days as a CTO
How I operate when I take responsibility for a technology organisation.
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- Map current architecture, data flows, and delivery bottlenecks.
- Meet customers, GTM, and finance to understand value levers and pain points.
- Establish basic visibility: ARR, churn, funnel, and platform health dashboards.
- Define a technology and data roadmap tied to OKRs and commercial targets.
- Set up a predictable delivery model: teams, rituals, metrics.
- Prioritise quick wins: cloud cost cuts, key data fixes, or a focused AI feature.
- Start delivering high-impact roadmap items.
- Formalise data governance: access, quality, security, reporting.
- Agree an ongoing cadence with leadership: monthly management reporting, quarterly roadmap review.