Dad lugged home a Pentium 286 from the office one day. It ran MS-DOS and came with a copy of Prince of Persia—a game with questionable lessons in medieval death traps.

Within a few weeks, I had taken the computer apart but unlike most hero origin stories, I couldn't put it back together. I was left with a pile of parts and a sense of wonder about how computers worked.

I was hooked.

Professional Experience

Fresh out of business school with a finance degree during the Great Financial Crisis, I spent the next 15 years building my career at the intersection of finance and tech. I've traded equities and futures, built a fledgling web development agency, and caught the startup bug—leading software and data engineering teams along the way. As an early employee at one of those rare startups that survived, I helped scale our roboadvisor from pre-seed to Series D across multiple countries. Post-COVID, I pivoted into venture capital—building systems that provided a critical data-driven edge whilst helping startups navigate the vagaries of early-stage growth. These days, through Superuser HQ, I help businesses build technology that won't break their companies.

Beyond the Code

When I'm not causing validation bugs in other systems (having an apostrophe in your last name does that), I read biographies, devour business and investing content, practice mixed martial arts (not the kind you do at the gym), and fall asleep on the couch whilst watching Korean dramas or yet another zombie apocalypse. The rest of my time is devoted to the chaos of family life and absorbing whatever else I can get my hands on.

The Real Problem

I believe the best technical decisions come from understanding people, not just systems. Most disasters I've witnessed weren't caused by bad code—they were caused by good people building the wrong thing because nobody asked the right questions. The best technology is the kind you don't have to think about.