Putting the AI in Agile, Part 1: Talk is No Longer Cheap
AI does not just make implementation faster. It moves a major bottleneck in agile delivery from writing code to keeping backlog intent clear, current, and ready for humans and agents.
Chief Product Officer · AI-Native Product Development
Chief Product Officer
A product leader with 18+ years building and scaling digital products, teams, and operating models across startups, scale-ups, and a FTSE 250. Read more about me ...

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AI does not just make implementation faster. It moves a major bottleneck in agile delivery from writing code to keeping backlog intent clear, current, and ready for humans and agents.
Haven is a local-first backlog manager for projects that span humans, AI agents, and real life. It keeps product intent, readiness, evidence, ownership, and delivery state in one graph agents can actually use.
Selected Work
A local-first AI-native backlog manager for shaping fuzzy ideas into ready work, with specs, evidence, ownership, handoffs, and Markdown artifacts agents can use.
A macOS workspace for AI coding agents. Run Claude, Codex, and terminal-based tools side by side, with live, at-a-glance awareness of what each agent is doing.
How product teams should rethink discovery, delivery, and decision-making as software execution gets cheaper
How intent becomes executable context, where handoffs break down, and what better delivery artefacts and workflows look like
How companies embed AI into real teams without creating inconsistency, security risk, or workflow chaos
What to hire for, how to develop judgment, and what high-performing product organisations need next

Dec 2025 - Present
NibbleTech Labs
Building tools and workflow experiments around AI-native product development, from better execution context to stronger coordination across teams and agents.

Jan 2025 - Apr 2026
Alfred
A new kind of multi-service utility, reimagining how households buy and manage their essential services.

Oct 2019 - Jun 2024
Utility Warehouse
Led product, UX and marketing through a major FTSE 250 digital transformation. Delivered 20%+ annual customer growth, £10m+ in operational savings, and a step change in app and customer experience quality.

May 2016 - Aug 2019
OVO Energy
Established product, UX and customer marketing functions during rapid growth from 550k to 1.2m customers. Led diversification from energy-only into a multi-service retail and energy technology business.

May 2015 - May 2016
Sainsbury's
Led all marketing innovation and CRM product development initiatives, including a strategic personalised customer marketing and loyalty capability.
Sep 2013 - Feb 2015
BrightSun
One of the world's first alternative data platforms. ML-powered startup tracking used by top-tier VC firms including Atomico, Accel Partners and Index Ventures.

Jan 2008 - Aug 2013
TIM
B2B fintech SaaS platform serving Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, BlackRock, Fidelity, and SAC Capital. Led product, strategy, and new business development as the company grew from 20 to 120 people.