Passionate about identity, resilience and the ‘slow’ philosophy.
«What do you do?»
I apply multidisciplinary intents to product and process, wherever opportunity or introspection strikes. I mainly work with online projects, yet have experience extending from conceptualisation through to marketing, on varied projects as diverse as interior design and web-service APIs.
I predominantly offer software/application architecture consulting and independent development team execution (resourcing, training, management, support). I may however consult on and review discrete facets such as UX or API specifications.
I am also active in the development of hospitality spaces that foster communities, ideas and their associated lifestyles — particularly coworking and mixed-use models that support entrepreneurship.
Sectors that I am focussed upon are: e-Commerce / Marketplaces; Publishing / Identity; Decoration / Interiors / Fashion; Hospitality / Intentional Communities / Real Estate; Distributed Computing / SaaS.
Active
- Unlaunched, real-estate development and hospitality operator (2019—ongoing). Founder. [Raising Funds] The continuation of my Moonlighting endeavour, acquiring and operating properties to maximise their yields whilst bringing a targetted new offering to the sector.
- Coworking/Coliving Community, opensource platform (2018–ongoing). Creator, primary developer. Connecting space members with each other and across other networks in an agnostic and accessible manner, whilst enabling flexible management for operators.
- Hub House, trust mark (2019—ongoing). Founder. A mark helping to identify, promote and differentiate co-living–coworking spaces across operators.
- Moonstalk, opensource webapp framework (2009–ongoing). Founder, primary developer. Conceived for a full-stack approach and low-latency out-of-the-box. An ideal platform for sites typically hacked together on a blog CMS. Bundles a number of prototypes for applications needing calendaring, geospatial data, activity streams, user authentication, etc.
- Paylinko, #fintech (2017—ongoing). Development lead. A platform facilitating payments and contracts between small and micro service-provider business and their customers, with functionality optimised for a variety of verticals.
Prior
- UK B2B marketplace; development lead and consulting (Lisbon/New Delhi, 2013–2014)
- Moonlighting, ‘nomad’ hubs (New Delhi, 2009—2015). Founder, new location development. Mixed-use spaces providing both short/mid-term coliving with open-access coworking.
- uVerse Ltd. —digital media solutions; Founder
(Bangalore/NYC, 2006–2008) - Pixelpipe Inc. —photo sharing; Chief Plumber
(SF/Delhi, 2008) - Enigma Publishing Ltd. —marketing communications; Technical Director
(London, 1995–2003) - Esofaber —interior and window design; Partner
(France/UK, 1994–2004)
Latent projects are listed at the bottom of my bio.
Addendum
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