I build tech and data products, companies, and teams. Mostly with code. Usually successfully.
Details available in my CV .
| 2023 - 2025 | CTO | Blackpanda |
| 2020 - 2023 | Global VP Data | Delivery Hero |
| 2017 - 2020 | VP Data | Traveloka |
| 2013 - 2017 | MD, APAC | Neo/Pivotal Labs, APAC |
Further back, I headed global technology at Amnesty International , the world’s largest human rights organization, and was Directeur Technique (CIO) of France’s 5th largest private investment bank . I also led the business, operations, and technical turnaround at Neo APAC/Pivotal Labs as Managing Director that led to us becoming a $10M USD per year company and our 2016 acquisition by Dell.
Off work, I’m an avid traveller and involved with conservation and science causes. I study astronomy and physics for personal interest (and future PhD aspirations). I code open source and personal projects in Go, Python, and Ruby. I strive to scribble good tales, well told. And I’m an over-enthusiastic snowboarder, snorkeler, and animal-chasing trekker.
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