The best way to reach me is email, at [email protected]. I write here, and you can also find me on X, GitHub and LinkedIn.
In 2008, in my home town of Manchester, I started a software consultancy called Silverchip. I spent fourteen years building it with my co-founder and a brilliant team, and in 2022 we sold it.
Everything I do now stands on those years. I learned to scale a team without losing what made it good in the first place. I learned to build complex software that real businesses lean on every day, and to keep it running long after launch.
The Builder
I’ve been into computers and programming since I was young and have always remained ‘hands on’. The last few years of technological progress have set the scene for the most exciting time I can remember to be making software.
I work out what’s needed, write it, ship it and look after it once it’s live. Most of that happens alongside a small team, working on real problems, which is the bit I love.
The Advisor
I also advise a handful of companies. No two of them need the same thing. One week it’s the technology, the next it’s how to scale a team that has outgrown the way it works, or where the business should go next.
I love this part of my work. Being surrounded by great founders is energising.
Writing
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Everything else is in Writing.
The Garage
Away from work, I like classic American cars and trucks. There are two in the garage, a 1965 Ford F100 and a 1968 Mustang Fastback, and I’m restoring both.
It’s a good rest from things that only exist on a screen. A snapped bolt doesn’t care about the latest AI model, I love the fundamentals of working out how something was put together, then making it right.
That’s most of it. If you’re building something, or stuck on something, I’d like to hear about it. Email me at [email protected].