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Founder, CPTO & full-stack product engineer with 20+ years owning products end-to-end. Ex-Dolby, Ex-TomTom.
User research & design through to architecture, development, operations and delivery.
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Work Experience
Product Engineering Consultant at Doorstep
August 1, 2024 - November 1, 2025Precision indoor-tracking solutions for high-volume consumer delivery platforms.
Strategy, research, product design, engineering & operations services leading to an $8M raise and the founders inclusion on Forbes 30 Under 30 for New York.
Led operations across GCP infra, incl. SOC2 compliance, Cassandra DB system design & management
Designed & developed rapid customer demos & mockups.
Developed Android & iOS sensor data collection SDKs.
Product Engineering Consultant at Stealth FinTech startup
March 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024Designed consumer fintech web app UX/UI from paper to medium-fidelity Figma prototypes. Architected and built a full-stack web app with React.js, Node.js, Firebase, and MongoDB. Enabled startup funding for CEO exploration stage targeting SMBs and financial advisors; shipped the first MVP; company continued operating after engagement.
Product Engineering Consultant at Stealth blockchain startup
March 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023Rapid-prototyped a full-stack Ethereum web app using React.js, Solidity, Node.js, Python, and Firebase for an exploratory-stage consumer social gaming blockchain startup. Shipped the first MVP.
CPO, Co-founder at Clinical-grade VR therapy platform (CPTSD/PTSD treatment for mental illness; portfolio) / HealthTech startup
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2025Co-founded and led a VC-backed B2B health tech startup building an immersive VR exposure therapy platform for PTSD and related conditions. Conducted extensive customer and ecosystem research (dozens of interviews) and validated user personas, product theses, and go-to-market strategy. Raised $360k+ and secured 10 clinical partnerships. Designed and iterated an iPadOS UX from paper to Figma prototypes; built with Swift (iOS), Unity (C#) VR app; implemented web dashboards (React/Node). Delivered a 10-clinic pilot and additional VC investment; departed in 2025.
CPO, Co-founder at Rane thenograhpic (portfolio) / Do Something, Sydney (portfolio)
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020Graphic user research across a target cohort to produce validated personas and user flows and to reframe product direction ahead of rebuild. Reduced onboarding from 36 screens to 8 end-to-end via lean UX principles; redesigned and prototyped from paper to Figma. Architected and developed an iOS app in Swift, shipped a full App Store re-launch with ~zero marketing push leading to 3.3k organic installs; overhauled and relaunched a stalled behavioral science app for positive habits.
Product Technologist (Senior Staff Engineer) at Dolby
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2018Conducted global user research and designed/ran cross-country research programs involving on-site field engineers across multiple countries and languages. Rescued a struggling consumer music production app by running complex live-music recording usability tests to extract truth from project status, then drove a 5-day design sprint to unblock and align a dispersed product team. Generalist across product strategy, tech/user research, experience design, and software/hardware prototyping.
Product Engineer at TomTom
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2004Designed and developed multi-award-winning apps for early mobile devices (employee #20). Worked on consumer navigation/map-related product engineering at TomTom in Amsterdam.
Education
Post Graduate Higher Diploma, Modelling & Numerical Computing at University College Cork, Ireland
August 1, 2026 - August 2, 2026Bachelor of Arts Degree, Mathematics & Statistics at University College Cork, Ireland
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026Immersive (10 week, FT) UX Design at General Assembly Sydney, Australia
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026UX Product Design & Development (60 hours) Academy X at Academy X Sydney, Australia
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026Qualifications
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Healthcare, Software & Internet, Financial Services, Computers & Electronics, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services
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