For 15 years I worked at Google, building technology at scale and learning how complex systems can be made reliable, simple and genuinely useful. But some of my most important lessons about technology came later — from working with small and medium businesses, and from becoming an operator myself.
I left Google to run a wellness retreat in Bali.
Suddenly technology wasn't global-scale infrastructure any more. It was about whether a small team could get through the day without drowning in admin. I was the person fixing the boiler at 5am, building the rota, solving operational problems and making sure guests never saw the chaos backstage.
Living on both sides changed how I see technology. I've seen what sophisticated systems make possible — and what running a real business with limited time, people and resources actually feels like.
Today I connect those two worlds. I help companies turn operational complexity into technological clarity, designing practical AI systems that take work away instead of adding it.
Technology should be a quiet, competent partner — not one more tool that needs looking after.