Leading, building, growing
For more than a decade I have served dev teams with creativity, curiosity, and a collaborative spirit.
Together we’ve built some excellent software products and delivered real, measurable value for all kinds of organizations.
Why?
I love to build things that people value. I love to identify, define, and solve problems. That moment when we break through? When we can suddenly imagine new possibilities? I love that.
I want to grow great teams that pursue mastery of their craft, have the autonomy to self-organize, and share a common and meaningful purpose.
I lead to serve, to connect, to enrich lives, to clear the way, to see farther and communicate a compelling vision, to create spaces where cool things can happen.
How?
I believe that building great software products is all about establishing a great learning culture. A high performing product team is a machine for exploring and discovering insights about our users.
As we develop reliable, measurable, repeatable, and sustainable ways to experiment & learn - we increment towards an increasingly scientific method for developing great software.
Over my ten years in tech, I’ve served as a product manager, business analyst, product owner, scrum coach, consultant, & Lean 6S process engineer.
I’ve defined and overseen the strategy & development of software products for customers in sales, professional services, operations, finance, marketing, insurance underwriting, business development, oil & gas, not-for-profits, and state governments.
That’s a lot of range, but every project has been an opportunity to get better at the core work: learning about the users and building value for them.
What’s next?
There are people out there right now working hard to address the climate crisis - and they need software to help them do it.
There’s a climate business out there that needs to understand their customers better - and they are looking for someone to make a connection.
There’s a dev team out there looking for autonomy, mastery, & purpose - and they need a leader who can help them define and build something the world has never seen before.
That’s where I need to be. That’s who I’m looking for.
B.A. w/ honours - philosophy, anthropology, & history - University of Toronto
Climatebase Fellowship - Cohort 5
Air Miners Bootcamp
Product Management Foundations - Pragmatic Institute
Comprehensive Business Analysis certification - McGill University
Six Sigma greenbelt - Softchoice
Certificate of Competency in Business Analysis - IIBA
Certified Scrum Product Owner - Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Master - Scrum Alliance
Work is great, but have you tried play?
I bring the best of myself to my work, and to do that I need time to be a whole person. My family, my friendships, and my hobbies are sources of energy, creativity, and inspiration.
Some of my hobbies are an extension of my profession, like the no-code mobile apps I build for community organizers, or the Carbon Removal game I’m coding.
But you should also look for me out in the wilderness - camping, canoeing, hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, or cycling.
Maybe later I’ll be hosting friends: cooking great food, enjoying whisk(e)y or craft beers, and playing games.