I am a technology coach, strategist and maker. I bring curiosity, awareness and action to technology teams as they dance with culture and society.

When I’m at my best, you’ll see me:

  • Amplifying, coaching and mentoring software engineering leaders. My approach uses curiosity, empathy and encouragement to support the self-evolution of people and organisational systems.
  • Calmly, confidently and positively stewarding people and technology, within complex and ambiguous landscapes.
  • Prioritising creativity, diversity, equality and inclusion, by courageously leaning in.

I also very much enjoy writing code (Python + JS, mainly), writing helpful things, entertaining, reading, patting cats, shunning dogs, and the occasional newspaper puzzle.

My career in a nutshell

  • 2021–now: Software Engineering Lead at Kraken Tech, the technology part of Octopus Energy Group. I lead a team working across Asia-Pacific, creating software to help accelerate the world’s transition to renewable energy.
  • 2020–now: Principal at Robots for the People, my consultancy hustle. I worked with Collaboration for Impact on their digital strategy, my brother on our pandemic startup idea, and SHIPS Psychology on their process automation.
  • 2017–2020: Chief Technology Officer at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. I directed the museum’s $7.2m technology transformation, using internet-of-things to reach audiences and lower operating costs.
  • 2007–2017: Founder and CEO at the Interaction Consortium, a digital consultancy serving recognised cultural institutions and brands in Australia and globally. Everyone wins awards, but not many people get their work used by Apple in their ads!
  • 2003–2007: PhD in Interactive Systems and Creativity Creativity and Cognition Studios, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. I studied the design qualities of no-code software environments used by creative practitioners.
  • 1997–2002: Master of Computer Science, First Class with Honours, Loughborough University, UK. Many 1s and 0s were flipped.

Small facts

  • I identify as non-binary (which is a very binary thing to claim) and “they/them” pronouns describe me best.
  • I’ve got a collection of neurodiverse superpowers which I like bringing to bear on wicked problems.
  • For people who think about human development in colours, I’m roughly a Yellow – find yours here.
  • I’ve lived in Bath, Sydney, San Francisco, Koh Pha Gnan, and currently Melbourne, with my wonderful partner Sarah, and cats Franklin and Mon-Mon.