I started my career in tech before most people had email addresses.
My first real job was at Sony, working on digital media when the industry was still figuring out what digital media even meant. That was the early '90s. The internet was young. Everything felt like it was being invented in real time.
From Sony I went to Microsoft, where I spent over a decade in product management. I ran teams across Office 365, Bing, and Developer and Server Tools. This was the era when Microsoft was transforming from a shrink-wrap software company into a cloud platform. I got a front-row seat to what it looks like when a massive organization reinvents itself. Some of it was messy. All of it was instructive.
After Microsoft, I moved to AWS as a General Manager of Product and Engineering. Amazon operates differently than any other company I've worked at. The mechanisms, the writing culture, the relentless focus on the customer. I wrote about some of those mechanisms on my blog because I think every product leader should understand them, even if they never work at Amazon.
Then Cisco, where I was VP of Product Marketing. Different challenge. Enterprise infrastructure, partner ecosystems, a product portfolio so large it could fill a catalog. I learned a lot about positioning and go-to-market at scale.
Xero brought me back to my homeland of New Zealand for a few years. They hired me as their first Chief Product Officer to build a global product organization from scratch. Xero is one of those companies that earns genuine love from its customers. Building the product function there, across multiple continents, was one of the most rewarding experiences of my career.
In 2022, I started Bodhi Venture Labs. For four years, I worked as a fractional executive advisor to early and growth-stage startups. I helped founders with product strategy, go-to-market, organizational design, and the operational mechanics of scaling. I worked with over 20 companies across AI, SaaS, fintech, and marketplaces.
In April 2026, I became CEO of Inteum. Inteum helps universities and research institutions manage their most valuable IP and connect it with the private sector. Over 400 technology transfer offices in 30 countries use the platform. I spent decades at some of the largest technology companies in the world. Huge budgets. Relentless invention. And I saw firsthand how much innovation starts in academia. The companies that figured out those connections won. Most didn't. That's why Inteum matters to me.
I still advise a small number of founders selectively. It's not a business. It's something I do because I enjoy it and because I've been in enough rooms to know what helps. If you're building something and think a conversation would be useful, I'm open to it.
I live in the Pacific Northwest. When I'm not working, I'm usually on a motorcycle or writing about things I care about.