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About me

I'm an executive leadership coach and advisor to founders and CTOs, and a founding partner at The Intentional Organization, a coaching practice and book on building purposeful organizations based on clarity, inclusion, and learning.

I coach senior leaders, executives, and founders to help them understand and shape their role and impact in their teams and organisations.

I have a strong interest in company culture, organizational behaviours and psychology, and what it means to build companies where great products come first and foremost from people who are nurtured, supported, and able to contribute broadly.

I co-founded two companies in the developer tools space. Both exited successfully. At Travis CI, I moved from a co-founding engineering role to management responsibility, and eventually took on the role of CEO, shifting my focus from building great products to building organizations that build great products. I later worked as a CTO for Reaction Commerce, where I also met Sara Hicks, my now business partner.

I've been working at or have built organizations distributed across the globe, making me an experienced leader and builder of truly remote teams. I'm a firm believer in sharing those experiences and helping others.

Beyond coaching founders and CTOs through the challenges of growing themselves and their organizations, I love to spend time in the kitchen, trying out new recipes, or making my own hot sauce. I live in Berlin, Germany, with my family and a collection of jars where something is constantly fermenting.

Media

I write for various publications outside of my own sites.

I’m occasionally a guest on podcasts. Here’s a selection of my most recent appearances:

I'm also a speaker and keynoter, most recently at: