I've spent my life creating things, software, systems, companies, relationships, because I believe that building something real, something that lasts, matters.
I'm the CEO of Queensberry, a family business founded by my mum over fifty years ago that makes photographic albums and tools for photographers. But that's not the whole of who I am. I'm also a father, someone who spent over a decade as a volunteer firefighter, and a person who's lived and worked across different countries and cultures. Those experiences shaped how I think.
I'm deeply interested in people, what makes them happy, how relationships actually work, what the human spirit is capable of. I believe in building multigenerational wealth, not just for myself but as a philosophy. I believe in working hard for what you want. And I believe in the power of possibility, the ability to imagine a future and then create it. Though I'll be honest: imagining is only half the work.
What really fascinates me is how systems work, or don't. How good intentions get buried under bureaucracy. How we've optimized ourselves into places where nobody can give you a straight answer anymore. How integrity gets harder to find, and why. I think about these things a lot. And I think they're worth talking about.
I'm going to write here because I believe there are others thinking about similar things, building something real in a world that's gotten unnecessarily complicated. If you're curious about how systems fail, how to stay principled when it's hard, or just what a builder-maker-thinker is wrestling with, I'd like you to stay.