From lab to launch.Product and technology leadership for deep-tech hardware.

I'm a physicist who has taken deep-tech hardware from lab bench to $20M revenue.
I work with technical founders to close the gap between R&D and a product that manufactures, sells, and scales.

PhD in Physics · 9 US Patents · CPO / CTO / Chief Scientist · UKAS Technical Assessor

SOUND FAMILIAR?

Deep-tech startups don't stall because the science fails.
They stall in the gap between invention and market.

It's rarely a science or engineering problem. It's a commercialisation gap.

Your technology is ready. Your product strategy isn't.You're building before you've validated who will buy it and why.Scaling from prototype to production is breaking things.

WHAT I DO

Product and technology leadership across the full commercialisation journey

  • STRATEGY — Product and technology roadmapping, R&D prioritisation, and go-to-market planning from first customer conversations to commercial launch.

  • VALIDATION — Jobs-to-be-Done research, value proposition design, and lean validation to confirm product-market fit before major capital commitments.

  • DEVELOPMENT — Stage-Gate implementation, technical architecture decisions, and engineering team leadership for hardware teams moving from R&D to production.

  • INDUSTRIALISATION — Design-for-manufacturability review, supplier qualification, and manufacturing scale-up from prototype to production.

  • LAUNCH — From positioning and pricing to investor narratives and customer messaging. Translating your technology into traction.

  • ADVISORY — Fractional CPO or CTO support covering product strategy, technology leadership, and R&D direction.

SCIENCE

  • PhD Physics - University of Manchester

  • Technical expertise in photonics, RF/wireless, materials science, precision instrumentation, biomedical physics

  • UKAS Technical Assessor (SAR subject matter expert); ISO/IEC 17025 compliance

OUTCOMES

  • Scaled a hardware business from early-stage R&D to $20M annual revenue

  • Samsung Open Innovation Award (2014) and Silver Stevie Award for Best New Consumer Electronics Product (2020)

  • Reduced manufacturing costs by $875k annually through materials innovation and qualifying international suppliers

SYSTEMS

  • Established Stage-Gate product development and innovation operating models from scratch at two companies

  • Led IP strategy as inventor on 9 US patents; established B2B licensing programme generating 25% of product line revenue

  • Built from zero: a $1.1M wireless test laboratory and the engineering team to run it

HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

Fractional CPO / CTO

Embedded product and technology leadership on a part-time basis. Best for post-seed teams building toward Series A who need senior product leadership without a full-time hire.

Advisory

Structured guidance at key decision points. Roadmap reviews, investor prep, technical due diligence. Flexible and low-commitment to start.

Project-based

Defined scope, specific outcome. Suited to NPI cycles, Stage-Gate implementation, supplier qualification, or a one-off commercialisation review.

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