About Me
Analytical and results-driven professional with experience in designing, developing, and launching technical products. Possesses a background in product management, technical design, and customer engagement. Capable of delivering successful products that exceed customer expectations. Proficient in using advanced technologies and tools to drive product development from ideation to launch. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives and optimise product performance. Committed to quality, excellence, and continuous improvement, with exceptional problem-solving skills and a passion for delivering products that make a difference.
Commercial Projects
My expertise lies in blending technical skills with a user-centric approach, ensuring excellence in every facet of product development. Collaborating with industry leaders, I am passionate about contributing to innovative, award-winning products. This drives my ambition to continuously deliver superior solutions, and I am always eager to explore new ventures where I can leverage my skills to drive impactful results and contribute to pioneering projects.
Locking System Configurator
Sicherheitstechnik Nord (Meesenburg GmbH) – January 2025 - PresentCommissioned by ICS Sustainable Solutions on behalf of Sicherheitstechnik Nord (a subsidiary of Meesenburg GmbH), I’m currently doing the following:
- Leading the design and development of a tailored locking system configurator.
- Working with stakeholders to elicit requirements and define the core workflows, ensuring that the product aligns with both technical constraints and real-world usage patterns.
- Enabling access for a broader audience through internationalisation (i18n), supporting German and English.
Built with SvelteKit, the application emphasizes responsiveness, modularity, and performance. In the absence of an existing design framework, I’ve also created a comprehensive design system to bring visual and interaction consistency across the platform. This system is already being adopted by the broader development team. While still in active development, the configurator reflects a deeply collaborative, end-to-end process—from initial scoping and UX design to architecture and implementation.
Dusk Web Wallet
Dusk – October 2023 - June 2025As a Frontend Engineer contractor with Dusk, I contributed significantly to the development and maturation of the Dusk Web Wallet, a critical tool for Dusk’s ecosystem, from its advanced stages through to its robust 1.0 release and subsequent feature enhancements up to June 2025. My work focused on bolstering security, user experience, and core functionality. Key contributions during my tenure included:
- Contributing to the underlying technology stack modernization, including updates to SvelteKit 2 and Vite 5 (v0.4.0).
- Introducing features like dark mode support (v0.5.0) for improved usability.
- Integrating core functionalities with w3sper.js, improving sync, balance, and login mechanisms (v0.6.0).
- Implementing an auto-sync mechanism (v0.7.0) for improved usability.
- Further enhancing w3sper.js integration for improved sync, balance, and login mechanisms (v0.8.0).
- Playing a role in the official 1.0.0 release, which prioritized the public account in the interface and transaction flows, and introduced an enhanced asset migration system.
- Developing support for partial unstaking and claiming rewards, providing users with greater flexibility in managing their assets (v1.3.0).
- Implementing support for multiple profile switching, enhancing user account management capabilities (v1.6.0).
The Web Wallet transitioned to an open-source model, and my work supported its continuous evolution through iterative updates driven by user feedback, ensuring ongoing improvements in performance and usability. This transformative project underscored Dusk's commitment to delivering cutting-edge, user-centric solutions.
Dusk Explorer
Dusk – October 2024 - June 2025I played a pivotal role in the development, launch, and subsequent enhancement of the Dusk Block Explorer from late 2024 through June 2025. My contributions focused on delivering real-time blockchain insights through an intuitive, responsive, and feature-rich interface. Notable achievements and features developed during my involvement include:
- The launch and evolution of the Account page (v1.1.0), providing users with detailed views of their balances and transaction histories.
- Key contributions to the Provisioners page, offering comprehensive information on staking details, slashes, and rewards.
- Enhancements to data visibility such as adding stake maturity information to the Provisioners page (v1.0.0), "nonce" to transaction details, and "in/out" indicators for transfers (v1.2.0).
- Improving user convenience with features like copy buttons for addresses and other key data points (v1.3.0, v1.4.0).
- Spearheaded critical performance enhancements by re-architecting transaction data retrieval, transitioning API requests to parallel execution (v1.3.0) and consolidating the transaction list loading mechanism into a singular, optimized GraphQL query (v1.4.0).
Built from the ground up with a focus on high performance and user-centric design, my work on the Block Explorer helped solidify its role as a critical tool for interacting with and understanding the Dusk network, exemplifying Dusk’s commitment to blockchain innovation and operational excellence.
BWRE Capital Bond Investment Platform
BWRE Capital – May - June 2024My contributions included:
- Developing the official BWRE Capital website and the front-end of a comprehensive bond investment platform.
- Ensuring the platform allows issuers to raise funds by issuing bonds, with proceeds invested in Money Market Funds and/or Italian Tax Credits through an Italy-based Special Purpose Vehicle.
- Integrating Dusk Network BV’s Dusk Token, enabling investors to enhance returns through a structured yield system.
The project was challenging due to the tight delivery timeline and the integration of third-party services like web3modal for crypto wallet management and Onfido for KYC and AML verification. Despite these hurdles, the platform ensures a seamless investment process, featuring a dedicated Portfolio page that provides clear visibility of bond investments and generated yields. Designed for scalability, the system allows for easy expansion of bond offerings, demonstrating technical proficiency and a commitment to a user-centric investment platform.
Couchbase Capella
Couchbase – June 2022 - September 2023In my capacity as a Product Front End Engineer at Couchbase, I played a key role in:
- Evolving Capella, the company's Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) offering.
- Enhancing its functionality across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- Assuming product management and leadership roles.
- Contributing to Capella's strategic overhaul and shift from React to Svelte, alongside the integration of new team members.
During my tenure, our team delivered pioneering innovations, such as Capella iQ, an AI coding assistant, contributing to Capella's recognition as the Best Cloud Data Management Solution for 2023-2024 by the Cloud Awards. My efforts also significantly boosted Couchbase's financial growth, with Capella driving a 23% increase in annual subscription revenue to $142.9 million in fiscal 2023.
Company Ownership
In addition to my consulting and contracting work, I am the founder and owner of Nortware, a specialized software development company focused on transforming ideas into digital excellence. Through Nortware, I provide comprehensive product development services that combine technical expertise with strategic thinking to deliver exceptional results for clients across various industries.
Nortware
As the founder of Nortware, I lead a company that specializes in end-to-end product development, bringing together cutting-edge technology with user-centric design. Our core services include:
From initial UX research and design to implementation, focusing on user-centric solutions that drive measurable business results.
Expert development using cutting-edge technologies including SvelteKit, TypeScript, and modern web standards with emphasis on performance and scalability.
Complete solution development from mobile applications to complex web platforms and blockchain integration.
Elevating development teams through knowledge sharing, establishing best practices, and creating comprehensive design systems.
Nortware leverages my extensive experience working with industry leaders like Couchbase, Dusk Network, and GE Aerospace to deliver award-winning products and solutions that exceed client expectations. Our approach combines technical excellence with strategic thinking, ensuring every project drives meaningful impact and sustainable growth.
Education
Years before moving to the UK, I dedicated myself to excelling in high school to study abroad, aiming for a diverse Software Engineering program. I chose the University of Sheffield, drawn by its location, ranking, and comprehensive curriculum. During my university years, I developed a wide range of skills through academic and extracurricular activities and enhanced my research and independent study capabilities. My devotion culminated in graduating top of my class with the highest distinction, receiving the Mappin Medal, as well as the best dissertation project.
Dissertation Project
University of Sheffield – September 2020 - June 2021ClimaFever introduces a comprehensive solution for hay fever patients and allergy researchers with its dual-platform offering. Key features include:
- The iOS app, market first for its postcode-precise environmental data, provides detailed pollen counts, customized health risks, and updates on air quality and weather, alongside a research-focused questionnaire. (Built with SwiftUI and powered by Ambee’s API and ResearchKit).
- A Ruby on Rails web application for researchers to facilitate participant management and data analysis, featuring user management and data export in Excel format.
The platform exemplifies cutting-edge technologies used in healthcare research, evidenced by their adoption in institutions like Stanford and Johns Hopkins Universities.
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Industrial Placement
GE Aerospace – July 2019 - July 2020During my year at GE Aerospace, as a Firmware Engineer on the Boeing 777X project, my key contributions were:
- Significantly improving efficiency by redesigning a compiler that reduced compile time from 8 hours to 25 minutes, enhancing client productivity.
- Adapting a .NET Framework codebase to evolving project needs.
- Developing an advanced automated Test Framework that was integrated into the CI/CD pipeline, improving the development process.
The placement year was insightful, clarifying my career aspirations. I discovered a preference for dynamic settings over formal, long-term projects. Despite this, I gained firsthand experience in working in a highly-regulated, safety-critical environment. The internship honed my adaptability, decision-making skills, and reaffirmed my resilience in facing new challenges.
