Experienced software engineer, now working agentically. Judgement still matters.

For fourteen years, I've built software the usual way. Now I work agentically, using AI as leverage, building faster, and knowing what to trust, what to throw away, and what not to let anywhere near production. This site took 45 minutes, which is kind of the point.

I turn operational friction into working systems.

I find the real-world inefficiencies that slow a business down, then design practical software, automations, and AI-driven solutions to remove them. The objective is not AI for its own sake. It is fewer hand-offs, less repetitive human work, and operations that are faster, more reliable, and easier to scale.

Find the friction

Map the workflows, bottlenecks, and repeated decisions that cost teams time and create avoidable errors.

Automate the right work

Connect systems and apply conventional automation or AI where it can safely replace redundant, repeatable processes.

Deliver the outcome

Measure success against the business objective: lower operating cost, shorter turnaround times, fewer errors, or more capacity.

Work

  1. Company
    Pale Blue Dawn
    Role
    Co-Founder & Engineer
    Date
    Building an Agentic workflow and integrations platform for the solar industry and beyond.
  2. Company
    GoneGood
    Role
    Tech Lead
    Date
    Led architecture and app development for a food-waste reduction service.
  3. Company
    Sunobi
    Role
    VP of Development
    Date
    First technical hire. Helped scale the product and engineering team behind 200MW+ of solar sales.
  4. Company
    Digital Mates
    Role
    Technical Co-Founder
    Date
    Built fast websites, statically generated and headless applications for growing agencies and businesses.
  5. Company
    Self Employed
    Role
    Freelance Engineer
    Date
    Delivered WordPress builds, JS web apps, and product development across a range of client projects

Education

  1. Company
    Master.dev
    Role
    Continuing Education
    Date
    Advanced software engineering, AI-assisted development and agentic workflows.
  2. Company
    University of Otago
    Role
    PgDipSci, Computer Science
    Date
    Specialised in Artificial Intelligence and Information Retrieval. Graduated with distinction.
  3. Company
    University of Otago
    Role
    DipGrad, Computer Science
    Date
    Intensive computer science conversion programme covering core undergraduate papers.
  4. Company
    University of Otago
    Role
    BCom, Finance
    Date
    Commerce degree with a focus on finance, markets and commercial decision-making