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What I offer

Startup Advisory - “Crossing the Valley of Death”

Startup Advisory - “Crossing the Valley of Death”

I help early stage startups survive where most fail by connecting strategy to execution between funding rounds, from MVP launch to sales.

Covering financial forecasts & monetization models, product development practices, team growth strategies, and investor readiness.

 Scaleup Advisory

Scaleup Advisory

Coaching and advising high-growth startup Founders with rapidly expanding teams (5x-20x) to scale up operations and product development flows. Clarity, alignment of strategic objectives, and creating highest value outcomes are crucial as new team members adapting to company culture and practices

Innovation Strategy & Governance Advisory

Innovation Strategy & Governance Advisory

Helping executives shape the way investments in software development are funded, governed, and measured so that high-performing teams can deliver innovative solutions with faster time-to-market that create highest value economic outcomes.

Insights on Economics of Innovation

Insights on Economics of Innovation

Economics of Innovation and pace of change is disruptive to traditional methods of measuring value and performance

I explore the Global Enterprise Value (GEV) divergence between traditional and Tech/Digital Native companies & how leaders perceive value of investments in software technology

Experiences

Co-Founder/COO and Head of Scalability

Co-Founder/COO and Head of Scalability

A new way for people to discover and "Shop Local Anywhere" with independent retailers whether they have online businesses, market kiosks, or brick-and-mortar shops on...or off the High Streets.

Enterprise Agility  & Digital Transformation Consultant - various UK

Enterprise Agility & Digital Transformation Consultant - various UK

Coaching and Consulting for Executives, Portfolio, Technology Finance and HR leaders to assess and optimize the ability to innovate, learn and change direction at a rapid pace within their teams and across organizational silos.

CEO & COO Advisor - Swoop Funding

CEO & COO Advisor - Swoop Funding

Advisor to CEO and COO co-founders on optimizing practices for 10x rapid team scale up funded by £5M Banking Competition Remedies (BCR) grant.

Transactive Asia Strategic Program Manager - ANZ Bank

Transactive Asia Strategic Program Manager - ANZ Bank

Helped create high agility portfolio framework for AUD $180M program that de-risked and accelerated pace of Cash Management software development flow and integration with RBS and ABM AMRO aquisitions across 16 Indo-Pacific countries.

1st Agile Program Manager - H&R Block USA

1st Agile Program Manager - H&R Block USA

My first experience with Agile ways of working and the challenges adapting traditional strategic planning, budgeting, governance and financial practices when I led

20 year US military veteran

20 year US military veteran

First decade with US Army ranging from Intelligence, Security and Reconnaissance in scout platoons, in to intel ops in 101st Air Assault Division and with US Forces Korea (2nd ID). The next decade in US Air Force with Security Forces on multiple deployments to European Theater.

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Roles (/)
  • i.e. Marketing director
  • i.e. Mentor
  • Startup Co-Founder
  • Chief Operating Officer (COO)
  • Scaleup Mentor
  • Fractional COO For Scaleups
  • Innovation Strategy & Governance Consultant
  • Digital Transformation Consultant
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Industries (/)
  • i.e. Tech
  • i.e. Education
  • Fintech
  • B2b SaaS
  • Retailertech
  • Banking
  • Financial services
  • Defense
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Regions
  • Europe, 
  • Africa, 
  • Middle East, 
  • North America (east coast), 
  • Caribbean
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Skills (/)
  • i.e. Research
  • i.e. Branding
  • Executive Advisory
  • Founder coaching
  • High growth start-ups and scale-ups
  • Investor Research for Startups
  • International Expansion
  • Product strategy for startups
  • Digital transformation enablement
  • Agile Strategy Planning & Execution
  • IT Governance
  • Economics of Innovation
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Keywords (/)
  • i.e. Digital nomad
  • i.e. Ex-Google
  • founder
  • investor
  • Board Advisor
  • Innovation Strategy & Governance Consultant
  • Agile Strategy and Governance
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