Founder
Engineer, researcher and frontier systems leader working across physical AI, space systems and complex engineering organisations.
My work has moved from autonomous robotics and distributed systems, through astrobiology instrumentation and space engineering, to large-scale engineering transformation and back into hands-on research and prototyping.
The common thread is systems: understanding how technology, people, constraints and uncertainty interact, then turning that understanding into something that works in the real world.
Selected work
A selection of engineering, research and organisational work that shaped how I approach complex systems today.
Building a distributed transformation network across more than fifteen countries, connecting senior coaches, change agents and engineering organisations while keeping the work grounded in delivery rather than transformation theatre.
A site-level transformation focused on engineering delivery, quality, release cadence and the conditions teams needed to do good technical work.
Astrobiology instrumentation developed and flown on the BEXUS stratospheric-balloon mission, bringing together science, engineering, contamination control and flight operations.
Research & publications
A curated selection from my research record, focused on the work most relevant to the systems, space and physical-AI foundations behind Clorofill.
Acta Astronautica, Vol. 100. Development and qualification of a high-reliability hold-down and release mechanism for TechDemoSat-1.
Related coverage: The Engineer’s 2019 TechDemoSat-1 story includes the in-orbit deployment image of the Icarus-1 drag sail with Earth beyond.
Flight hardware, planetary-protection and contamination-control design, and preliminary post-flight results from the BEXUS stratospheric-balloon experiment.
Cranfield University. Research into instrumentation, autonomy and system design for planetary life-detection missions.
Talks & media
A small selection rather than a complete archive. The broader collection remains available through my Linktree.
Talk brief from my work on culture and engineering transformation across a global technical organisation.
Conference profile from my role as Culture Captain at the Thales Digital Factory.
InfoQ coverage of a practical approach to organisational change presented at Agile Cambridge 2017.
Work with Clara
I work with technically ambitious teams on systems engineering, product and technology strategy, engineering effectiveness, innovation and conscious leadership in technical organisations.