Builder first.

I like building things. Companies, teams, systems and strength.

I'm a naturally curious problem-solver and builder. I like enabling capability using technology, based on a problem, a strategy or a vision. I deliver by finding the quickest way to impact whilst building to the definition of done. And I like being both an individual contributor and a leader of people.

Being a single point of failure is bad architecture, and it's worse in a person, so I share what I know. I've developed the person who took my job, and taught customers to do the work we were being paid for. Being needed less is how I measure success.

By default I build the simplest thing that works, but I don't shy away from complexity when it's unavoidable; complex problems sometimes require complex solutions. My skill is telling those two apart.

I've been fortunate to have worked at every level, from helpdesk to CEO, as a supplier of services, externally and internally. That's why I understand what it costs to build, what it costs to run, what it does to the P&L, and what it does for the people who use it, and why I can hold all four at once. The organisation is the customer, and they always come first.