Finance taught me flow.
I started at Cal Coast Financial, working on CDOs and MBS. I brought CDOs and MBS at Cal Coast Financial. I brought lean kanban to closing deals and made them move faster. to closing deals.
I'm a polymath.
And a systems thinker: I see how it all connects, and fix the structure, not the symptoms.I fix the structure, not the symptoms.
Twenty years in product delivery, from Deloitte to my own startups. Bitcoin since 2014. Learned quantum physics at MIT. Learned spirituality and higher levels of consciousness from a yogi in Tibet, and from shamans and mystics. Product delivery, Deloitte, my own startups. Bitcoin since 2014. Quantum physics at MIT. Yogis, shamans and mystics. 60+ countries. Everything is connected to everything, and I bring all of it into what I build.Everything is connected.
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01 · Finance · 2002–2008
02 · Product Delivery · 2010–now
Design how you learn, and delivery follows.
At Deloitte Consulting (2010–2015) I led technology strategy and implementation for product delivery and QA. I became known in Agile for , 2010–2015. Known in Agile for Shu Ha Ri: design the way an organisation learns, and its delivery system follows.: design how you learn, and delivery follows.
Since then I've built Then learning organisations as an independent consultant for Bank of America, Netflix, PayPal, eBay, Cisco, Meraki, Charles Schwab, Wells Fargo, AAA, Autotrader, FloSports and more. for Netflix, PayPal, Bank of America and more.
03 · Blockchain · 2014–now
Early to the chain.
Bitcoin in 2014. My first in 2014. First smart contract in 2016. That same year I invented the non-fungible token and minted the in 2016. Invented the NFT and minted the first one on Ethereum, on the Ropsten testnet..
04 · Founder · 2015–now
Building against gatekeepers.
Flyt (2015): an open GDS so smaller airlines could sell seats without gatekeepers. $5k in, sold for $50k. Incubated twice at : $5k in, sold for $50k. Twice at Science Inc.: Splyt (2017), inventory management on the blockchain, and Pollenly (2019), native influencer checkout for social.: Splyt and Pollenly.
SHOPX (2020): decentralised e-commerce infrastructure to prevent monopolies. A $300M liquidity event, a $2.5B peak valuation, and clients including Fox Entertainment, : $2.5B peak, clients like LVMH and Mag Park. . Aces (2024): self-funded to a $10M valuation, built to understand AI from the inside.: $10M, self-funded.
05 · Quantum Physics · 2020
Physics for the questions underneath.
Quantum physics classes at Quantum physics at MIT in 2020. I mix AI, quantum physics and spirituality.. I mix AI, physics and spirit.
06 · Consciousness + Spirituality · 2022–now
Consciousness is part of the stack.
Training with a yogi in A yogi in Tibet, and with mystics and shamans in Mexico and the . Shamans in Mexico and the Amazon. Through that work I . I healed illnesses Western medicine couldn't diagnose. I bring that consciousness back into the products and companies I build. medicine couldn't diagnose.
07 · Music Theory · recent years
Self-taught, by ear and by theory.
I taught myself Self-taught guitar, piano and music theory, and composed two songs. Now I'm learning to sing. and theory. Two songs composed.
Everything ties back here
OMNI
Four years deep in Four years of AI, plus twenty years of product delivery, became OMNI: intent driven AI delivery. Decision execution infrastructure that turns intent into strategy and runs it across your whole stack. plus twenty of product delivery became OMNI: intent driven AI delivery.
Build high levels of consciousness into the products and companies you build.
Companies
- nowOMNIIntent driven AI delivery.
- 2024AcesBuilt to understand AI from the inside. Self-funded to a $10M valuation.
- 2020SHOPXDecentralised e-commerce infrastructure to prevent monopolies. $300M liquidity event, $2.5B peak valuation. Fox Entertainment, LVMH, Mag Park.
- 2019PollenlyNative influencer checkout for social media. Incubated at Science Inc.
- 2017SplytInventory management on the blockchain. Incubated at Science Inc.
- 2015FlytAn open GDS so smaller airlines could sell seats without gatekeepers. $5k in, sold for $50k.
Work with me
- Hire me as an AI product delivery consultant ↗ Product & technology transformations · Agile implementations · M&A · Value stream mapping
- Add me to your board ↗ Board and advisory roles
- Have me speak or train your organisation ↗ Keynotes, workshops and team training
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