Your product should work for you
The first product needs to be load bearing. It’s what customers interact with, what revenue flows through, and what investors get pointed at. It should be creating momentum, not costing time and runway. I build that product fast enough to start running the business on it in months, not years.
- Conversations become product. Founders share what the business needs and I handle everything between that conversation and working software. No specs to write, no briefs to translate, no backlog to manage.
- Revenue ready. What I build solves a real problem from day one. First customers get value, not a beta they’re testing on someone else’s behalf. The product does the work so founders can focus on customer relationships.
- Built to last from day one. Thousands of automated tests, hundreds of iterative PRs, auditable full-stack repos. No throwaway prototypes that need rebuilding when traction arrives.
- The boring stuff is done. Compliance, testing, infrastructure, security. None of it gets left until later, and none of it becomes the reason a deal stalls or a launch slips.
I’m currently Lead Product Engineer at ARAY, a UK-based UGC creator platform I built solo from scratch and launched to creators within 3 months. The platform is live and expanding into its second phase.
Sound like what you’re looking for? Book a call with me.
Case studies
Writing
Speaking and Events
I speak at events and panels on building with emerging technologies, organise my own meetups in London, and compete in hackathons. The topics range across crowdfunding, startups, AI, and product strategy. Each one has been a chance to test ideas with people closer to the work than I am.
Hackathons
AI Voice and Meeting Agents Hackathon, Antler London (Sept 2025). Won with a team of three. Built an AI powered travel itinerary generator in under 7 hours, from first meeting our teammates to a working demo.
AI Voice and Meeting Agents Hackathon, Antler London (Photo by MeetStream AI)
AI Voice and Meeting Agents Hackathon, Antler London (Photo by MeetStream AI)
Events I’ve organised
Kickstart Your Make/100: Crowdfunding Creators Meetup (Sept 2025): Sponsored by Solid Solutions (SolidWorks), 100+ signups, 40+ attendees. Featured Rob Hallifax, a London based product manager and Kickstarter expert who funded ten campaigns, raised nearly $400K, and broke two world records. Joined by members of Kickstarter’s Design and Tech team including Nathan Nalevanko (Senior Outreach Lead) and Heather Swift Hunt (Head of Design and Tech).
Kickstarter x Blue Garage: Crowdfunding Creators Meetup (July 2025): Sponsored by Kickstarter, 90+ signups, 50+ attendees. Featured Nathan Nalevanko joining remotely from Oregon to share insights on launching hardware and design crowdfunding projects.
Kickstart Your Make/100: Crowdfunding Creators Meetup (Photo by Duncan Raban)
Kickstarter x Blue Garage: Crowdfunding Creators Meetup (Photo by Michael Korn)
Kickstarter x Blue Garage: Crowdfunding Creators Meetup (Photo by Michael Korn)
Speaking and features:
- Cornwall Angel Network launch (April 2024): Presented as part of a regional tech innovation showcase
- Hertzian’s AI Summit (June 2024): Spoke on how real-time 3D supports sales and stakeholder engagement
- MLOps London (Nov 2023): Talked about integrating AI into 3D design workflows
- Cranfield University Airport Design module (Feb 2024 & Feb 2025): Led workshops on using visualisation tools in infrastructure planning
- Global Plymouth Panelist at University of Plymouth (July 2023): Participated in a panel on AI’s societal and cross-sector impact
- SETsquared Bristol Interview (April 2024): Featured in a written article on Amutri’s vision and impact in 3D visualisation
Cornwall Angel Network launch (Photo by British Business Bank)
Hertzian AI Summit (Photo by Amutri)
Global Plymouth (Photo by Mithuan Alwis)
How I work
I work on products from strategy through launch, with a single point of accountability throughout. The work usually starts with commercial pressure and a clear sense of who the first buyers are.
This happens in a few shapes:
- As a multi-phase partner across the company’s growth, owning product and engineering from first users to scale.
- As a founding or lead product engineer joining an early-stage team where the product is the company.
- As a fixed-price builder taking a product from idea to first users in three to six months.
- As a validator running a proof of concept in one to three weeks, covering problem validation, technical feasibility, compliance and legal blockers, and anything else that could stop the product existing.
Occasionally I also explore co-founder and equity arrangements where the fit is right.
If any of this sounds relevant, I’d love to hear about what you’re building. Book a 20 minute intro call and we can talk it through.