Building and leading the product function at X-Lab - expanding our portfolio and international market presence

I provide critical support to help companies grow, change or pivot.The types of roles I play include:- Interim Head of Product / Product Director- Product advisor- Product coachOver the past 12 months, I've supported companies who approached me saying:- "We're struggling to prioritise what to do next to grow our business"- "We've know the vision, but need to find and test our value proposition" - "Our MVP wasn't a success, and we've got 12 months of funding left. We need help to improve our product development process"- "We think we need a product manager. Can you help us recruit them?"Current engagements include:- Product Coach and Advisor for a HR Tech startup- Product Coach for a Tech Infrastructure startup- Product Advisor for an Analytics startup

In July 2018, Adaptive Lab joined Idean, a Capgemini company, and became the UK studio for the global design agency. We're now called Idean UK, and our joint history features some pretty exciting stuff:- Together with Three UK, we launched two mobile networks in the UK over the last 12 months. The first one, SMARTY, has the highest TrustPilot score for any mobile network in Britain (9.0/10). And Superdrug Mobile is catching up quick.- With Vodafone, we developed V-Auto, an innovative consumer product that helps car owners become better drivers, track their vehicle location and alert authorities in the event of a serious accident. It was launched in 32 countries earlier this year.- We designed the future of air travel with Airbus in France and HS2 in the UK.- In North America, we teamed up with Cisco’s leadership to introduce and scale design thinking as a new way to work across the organisation.

Adaptive Lab build beta businesses that launch faster, grow quicker, and behave bolder.To do it, we unite smart thinking, brave design, and nimble build.Adaptive Lab became Idean UK in September 2018

Mighty Sharp was a digital product studio, chock full of smart talent who love to work with ambitious clients. We worked in close partnership to create internet businesses for startups and established organisations, offering validation and definition, end-to-end digital and ongoing governance.In the words of our clients “Mighty Sharp are [were] a collection of Mighty talented, brilliant and productive people”.

Lean start-ups with Stuart Bates; four failed attempts so far...

Tech and user-experience lead during Platter's first baby steps. Platter subsequently raised two rounds of investment, though after low final engagement figures closed in 2014.

Worked on the Red List and ongoing mapping processes at this fantastic conservation organisation before moving on to found Mighty Sharp.