About

Who I Am

I am an electrical engineer, business leader and independent researcher with a passion for understanding complex systems and designing practical solutions to difficult problems.

Professionally, my work has focused on power systems, industrial strategy, manufacturing transformation and business leadership. Over the past two decades I have worked across engineering, operations, commercial leadership and executive management, helping organisations improve performance by redesigning systems rather than optimising isolated functions.

Throughout my career, whether leading engineering teams, transforming businesses or pursuing independent research, I found myself asking the same question: why do some complex systems consistently outperform others? That curiosity gradually became the common thread connecting seemingly unrelated interests, from industrial operations and energy infrastructure to artificial intelligence, education and knowledge systems.

Outside my professional role, I pursue independent research spanning infrastructure, artificial intelligence, operations, knowledge systems and education. While these domains appear diverse, they are connected by a common objective: understanding how complex systems behave, identifying the relationships that govern them, and building practical frameworks that improve outcomes.

Why This Website Exists

This website is not intended to be a portfolio or a résumé.

It is a living knowledge graph documenting my attempts to understand complex systems, uncover hidden relationships and translate those insights into practical tools, research, software and writing.

Some ideas become papers.

Some become software.

Some become books.

Some simply improve the way I think.

What I Believe

I believe that many of the world's most difficult challenges are not isolated problems but systems problems.

Energy, artificial intelligence, education, manufacturing, organisations and markets all exhibit similar characteristics: interconnected components, feedback loops and unintended consequences.

Progress often comes not from finding better answers within existing boundaries, but from defining better objectives and recognising relationships that others overlook.

Current Areas of Focus

Beyond Work

Curiosity has always been one of the strongest influences on my life.

Many of the projects documented on this website began not as business opportunities, but as practical questions encountered through work or everyday life. Exploring those questions has taught me that valuable ideas often emerge at the intersection of disciplines rather than within them.

This website is simply a record of that journey.