Experience

Fig Finance
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• CEO, Co-Founder

  • 2022 - 1 year


CNN

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Head of Innovation (Director)

  • Nov 2017 - 2023

  London, United Kingdom Executive, relied upon for company-wide strategy. >> Founder of CNN Evolve, a commercial division designed to grow and promote technology ecosystems for governments & corporates. For our launch partner we delivered: - a +$1.2bn financing pipeline ($845m debt / $384.7m equity), leading to a newly established $1bn fund. - access to 10.7m end customers for its digital products. >> Founder of CNN Pulse, an AI tool that analyses online language to… Show more Executive, relied upon for company-wide strategy. >> Founder of CNN Evolve, a commercial division designed to grow and promote technology ecosystems for governments & corporates. For our launch partner we delivered: - a +$1.2bn financing pipeline ($845m debt / $384.7m equity), leading to a newly established $1bn fund. - access to 10.7m end customers for its digital products. >> Founder of CNN Pulse, an AI tool that analyses online language to give our clients, sales teams, and editorial divisions the best understanding of what global audiences are thinking. >> General responsibilities: - Creating and scaling new business models utilising WarnerMedia's IP (CNN, Cartoon Network, HBO Max, Warner Bros etc.). - Identifying and implementing frontier technologies to enhance CNN’s commercial and editorial offerings. Show less



Synap

• Blockchain Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• (Exited) Founding Shareholder

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2022

  Sold my stake in the business in August 2022 to a UK family office. Synap is a SaaS learning platform used by the likes of the NHS, Boeing, U.S. Airforce, Daimler (MyTaxi), The University of Law, Oxford University Press, and the Medical Defence Union to train staff and teach students.



Raft Research

• United Kingdom

• Founder

  • Nov 2016 - Jan 2022

  London, Zurich, Riga Led an international team using epidemiological models to analyse social media data, identify viral trends, and use the insights to trade crypto markets across all leading exchanges.



WarnerMedia

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant, Audiences and Data

  • Mar 2017 - Nov 2017

  London, United Kingdom Tasked with identifying inefficiencies within the business, and implementing technical solutions to combat them. Invited onto a commercial revenue taskforce designed to win high value advertising clients. Subsequently invited to head innovation for CNN globally aged 24.



Dell Technologies

• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Joint Ventures Lead, Dell Consulting EMEA

  • Dec 2014 - Dec 2016

  London, United Kingdom Focused on JV opportunities within the predictive analytics and predictive maintenance space for Dell EMC's big data consultancy - reporting directly to the CTO for “Big and fast data”



Flared

• United States
• Oil and Gas

• (Exited) Founder

  • Jan 2012 - Aug 2014

  - Raised EIS funding aged 19 to grow Flared. - Originally designed to be a map-based social network, later to become a marketing tool used by brands. - Built a nationwide, highly engaged and targeted user base (12k users in the first 6 hours of launch). - A successful venture, but I was young, unexperienced and lacking quality mentorship to help me understand the potential of the company. The backend was sold and the company ended, in profit.