Thredd · London, UK ~$2.9B valuation (est.)

Appointed to restore platform operational resilience and lead the full technological transformation of a PE-backed SaaS issuer processor. Focused on executing a Value Creation Plan (VCP) that addressed chronic reliability issues, drove significant operational cost-efficiency, and enabled aggressive international expansion to maximise equity value.

• Platform Rebuild: Architected and built a cloud-native serverless platform from the ground up with a new team, introducing YBIYRI culture, cross-functional squads, and single-threaded leadership.
• Delivery Velocity: Moved from releases per month to multiple deployments per day through fully automated, shift-left software delivery. Improved delivery quality and speed by 40%.
• Client Migration: De-risked the asset through zero-revenue-impact client migration using a Strangler Fig pattern — transforming the platform engine while the business ran at full speed.
• Engineering Scale: Grew the engineering organisation from 100 to 300+ professionals, introducing DORA and OKRs.
• Infrastructure & Ledger: Reduced infrastructure costs by 30%, delivering a direct EBITDA uplift, while orchestrating Digital Ledger architecture for atomic transaction processing and high-throughput reconciliation across global card schemes.
• AI Innovation: Leading the rollout of Agentic AI deployment to automate complex operational workflows and enhance decision-making across the engineering estate.
• Investor Engagement: Collaborating with the Board and PE investors to align technology with long-term exit objectives.

Dayrize · Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Joined as founding CPTO to build a purpose-driven sustainability platform from the ground up. Established a scalable, cloud-native foundation to meet aggressive investor growth expectations and support future enterprise white-labelling.

• Functions from Scratch: Built and scaled the technology, DevOps, and product delivery functions across Europe and remote hubs.
• M&A Readiness: Designed a modern, API-first architecture from day one to ensure rapid feature development and seamless third-party integrations.
• Proprietary Data Moat: Led the development of an environmental impact scoring engine, integrating complex data science models to unlock new revenue streams.

Nubank · São Paulo, Brazil ~$70B valuation

Brought in to accelerate Nubank's international expansion by transforming region-specific systems into a global, modular foundation. Bridged the gap between technical vision and product execution to drive capital efficiency during global scaling.

• Global Acceleration: Drove a global acceleration initiative and Platformization strategy, reducing market-specific customisations from 75% to 25% and cutting rollout time by half across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.
• Architectural Governance: Introduced global principles to guide convergence across business units, significantly reducing technical fragmentation and duplication.

Booking.com · Amsterdam, The Netherlands ~$135B valuation

Held global accountability for architecture and technology strategy across one of the world's largest e-commerce estates. Focused on managing extreme scale and reducing technical fragmentation to drive commercial agility.

• Transformation Leadership: Led the Global Architecture Group to align platform evolution with commercial growth, supporting modularity across order management and payments.
• System Harmonization: Harmonized redundant systems across the estate, consolidating disparate order management and checkout flows into a single, federated solution to drive commercial agility.
• Connected Trip: Architected the Connected Trip experience, defining the cross-vertical technology roadmap to enable seamless travel experiences across accommodations, flights, and ground transport.
• Complexity Reduction: Chaired Technology Advisory Boards to drive convergence, reducing platform complexity and accelerating delivery cycles.

Energyworx · Houten, The Netherlands

Founded and scaled Energyworx into an international SaaS platform serving tier-1 utilities and grid operators. Transitioned from CEO to CPTO to focus on product strategy, platform architecture, and international growth during the scale-up phase.

• SaaS Model: Led the pivot to a pay-as-you-use SaaS model, navigating the platform through multiple funding rounds, increasing ARR year-over-year, and aligning commercial outcomes with customer value.
• Product Leadership: Owned the full product lifecycle and defined the long-term architecture and product roadmap, supporting advanced metering, billing, and energy analytics.
• Enterprise Sales: Personally led strategic deals and enterprise client engagements across North America and Europe.
• Team Building: Built and scaled multidisciplinary product and engineering teams across regions, delivering multi-tenant, cloud-native solutions on GCP.
• Market Recognition: Elevated Energyworx to Gartner Magic Quadrant Visionary status in Meter Data Management, leading to a successful transition and exit during a Series C funding round — navigating the full Zero-to-One and One-to-Ten journey from inception through Death Valley into a venture-backed enterprise, in under 8 years.

Paxos · New York, USA

Provided architecture advisory on institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure — atomic settlement design, crypto network integration, and programmable money rails built to the reliability and compliance standards of traditional finance. Implemented DORA and OKR frameworks to scale high-performance engineering for institutional fintech.

Settle (by Auka) · Oslo, Norway

Provided board-level technology and strategic oversight and served on the remuneration committee to align executive performance with high-growth fintech scaling and investor exit objectives. Pioneer of mobile payments in the Nordics — creators of mCASH, the first mobile payment platform in Norway.

Energyworx · Houten, The Netherlands

Scaled and successfully exited a high-growth SaaS platform leveraging AI and Machine Learning to provide mission-critical data management for the global energy sector.

• Vattenfall / Alliander (Solution Strategy): Led department-wide integration architecture and consolidated legacy platforms into a unified Common Object Model.
• Smartminds (CTO & Founder): Built a consulting expert team delivering tailored technology solutions for Telecom and Finance leaders.
• Multiple Access Exchange (Chief Architect): Designed mobile messaging solutions for the Dutch State Lottery and affiliates.
• Xsistence (CTO & Founder): Founded a startup focused on multi-channel content portals and adaptable web/mobile solutions.
• Capgemini (Technology Consultant): Advised leaders in Telecom, Utilities, and Finance on technology strategy, solutions, and engineering excellence.