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Glasgow, Gb

Ayr, South Ayrshire, Gb

A challenging role which involves navigating a complex project from R&D through to market. Successfully led the journey from white paper to a Network of 80,000 nodes. This required managing a diverse group of stakeholders and operating within often uncharted regulatory environments, all while maintaining the network's vision and upholding the open principles of the business.

Ayr, South Ayrshire, Gb

I led a multidisciplinary team of designers and engineers in developing the foundational building blocks of a decentralized, private, and universally accessible alternative to the web. My responsibilities included steering the design of the core network UX architecture, as well as overseeing the creation of critical upper-layer components such as the domain name system, identity management, permissions, and credentials.Central to this role was communicating and propagating new concepts to developers and building an ecosystem community, creating design patterns, new interaction metaphors and idioms, and demonstrating them through example applications, and sub-brands.

Glasgow, Scotland, Gb

Design Generalist and embedded entrepreneur within an engineering team designing, building and marketing experiences across:- High-end networked music systems — both soft and hardware interfaces- Home audio-spacial optimisation tools- Internal factory systems- Marketing and Brand experiencesIn this role I became deeply experienced in advancing open-source technology, promoting competition through accessible protocols and codecs, and advocating for a free and open Internet to ensure sustainable business and long-term user benefits.

Founding partner of this twin record label and management company.

Design, marketing, and business generalist with this embedded startup. Building an innovative open high-resolution music streaming service via a parent Linn brand and as a white label solution for other independents. A Swiss-army-knife role covering:- User Experience & Product Strategy- Marketing and Brand- Business development - Communications and marketing- Major label catalogue acquisition and original A&R

Coordinating projects and operations for this Scottish arts charity.