Executive Profile
I am a technology executive who leads product, engineering, and platform organizations through periods of scale, change, and reinvention. My background spans consumer software, enterprise SaaS, analytics, gaming, and applied AI, with leadership experience from hands-on development through C-level product development roles.
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Leadership Story
I started building software professionally in 2003, after an earlier introduction to programming through QBasic in the 1990's. Over time, that foundation grew into a career that combined product thinking, technical depth, organizational leadership, and a strong bias for execution.
My early career included game development at Electronic Arts, where I worked on console and PC titles including FIFA. I focused on locomotion and animation systems, which required combining engineering rigor, feel for the user experience, and close collaboration across disciplines. A selection of shipped work is available on the project credits page.
I then spent four years at Apple working on iWork, contributing to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote across iOS and iCloud.com. That experience strengthened my appreciation for product quality, platform consistency, and the operating discipline required to deliver software at global scale.
From there, I moved deeper into leadership at Visier, where I worked in people analytics and workforce planning. As Vice President of Engineering, I was responsible for product direction, technical direction, and people leadership. That role sharpened my focus on how product strategy, architecture, and organizational design need to reinforce each other.
After seven years in HR technology, I joined Later as head of engineering and a member of the executive leadership team. The company served brands and creators across social media management, influencer marketing, and Link in Bio products. My work centered on scaling the engineering organization, strengthening delivery, and improving the operating model during a period of meaningful growth that culminated in a successful exit in 2022.
In 2023, I became Chief Product Development Officer at AgencyAnalytics. There, I helped reposition the conversation from internal development velocity toward product metrics tied to business outcomes. I also helped define a product strategy framework and establish core functions across Product Management, Design, UX, DevOps, and QA so that product development could operate with greater clarity and accountability.
Today, I am back at Visier, returning with a broader executive perspective to help advance the next stage of the company's people analytics and workforce intelligence data platform.
How I Operate
I care about building organizations that are ambitious, durable, and aligned to the business. That usually means clarifying strategy, setting a high bar for talent and execution, simplifying decision making, and ensuring that engineering work connects directly to customer and company outcomes.
I am at my best when the challenge requires both range and depth: shaping product direction, leading senior teams, improving delivery systems, and helping technical organizations mature without losing speed.
Writing, Speaking, and Technical Curiosity
I regularly write about leadership, software engineering, product development, and earlier research work. A sample of those essays, talks, and publications is available on the writing, talks, and publications page.
I continue to stay close to technology, including AI, developer tooling, and software craftsmanship. I still build projects directly when the problem is interesting enough, but I keep those explorations separate from this page so the focus here stays on executive leadership. Selected independent work is available on the projects page.
Education and Recognition
I studied at Simon Fraser University, where I received the Governor General Silver Medal as the university's top undergraduate in 2007. Additional academic background, earlier technical work, and research publications are available on my academics and writing, talks, and publications pages.
