◆Co-Founder & CEO · Anchorbase.xyz◆Full Stack Web Developer◆Currently Building in AEC Tech◆Attended AIM Startup Accelerator · London◆40+ Book Reviews◆Marathon Runner, Road Cyclist, Open Water Swimmer & Gym-Goer◆Writing Essays on Engineering, History & Strategy◆Building SKILLS.md, AI Agents, AI Context Engineering, & RAG Pipelines◆React · Next.js · TypeScript · Supabase · Python◆LangChain · LlamaIndex · Pinecone Vector DBs · Gemini/Claude/Grok LLMs◆Built an Agentic RAG Pipeline · 80% Fewer AI Errors◆Design Manager · HS2 £2B Megaproject◆100s of Engineers Managed◆3 Highway Bridges Designed from 0 to 1◆Built 11 Floors of a High-Rise on a Construction Site◆3 Weeks to 3 Hours · Automated Culvert Design Tool◆Built a Vertical Farm for My House · Everfarm◆Attempted to Fix the Single-Use Plastic Problem · Everbox◆Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Civil Engineering◆Best Actor · Wrote & Starred in a School Play◆Never Take Advice Without Skin in the Game◆Entrepreneurs Are Heroes · They Fail for the Rest of Us◆Things Without Skin in the Game Tend to Grow Complex◆If Your Private Life Contradicts Your Opinion, Your Opinion Cancels◆What Important Truth Do Very Few People Agree With You On?◆Customers Won't Come Just Because You Build It◆You're Either on the Bus or off the Bus◆Be Ethical Even When No One Is Looking◆Avoid Status Signalling◆Free Capital Markets Are the Only True Way to Uplift a Society◆Complacency in Times of Peace Is a Prince Killer◆Stand on the Shoulders of Giants◆Beware of Complacency · The Cheese Can Move Overnight◆Co-Founder & CEO · Anchorbase.xyz◆Full Stack Web Developer◆Currently Building in AEC Tech◆Attended AIM Startup Accelerator · London◆40+ Book Reviews◆Marathon Runner, Road Cyclist, Open Water Swimmer & Gym-Goer◆Writing Essays on Engineering, History & Strategy◆Building SKILLS.md, AI Agents, AI Context Engineering, & RAG Pipelines◆React · Next.js · TypeScript · Supabase · Python◆LangChain · LlamaIndex · Pinecone Vector DBs · Gemini/Claude/Grok LLMs◆Built an Agentic RAG Pipeline · 80% Fewer AI Errors◆Design Manager · HS2 £2B Megaproject◆100s of Engineers Managed◆3 Highway Bridges Designed from 0 to 1◆Built 11 Floors of a High-Rise on a Construction Site◆3 Weeks to 3 Hours · Automated Culvert Design Tool◆Built a Vertical Farm for My House · Everfarm◆Attempted to Fix the Single-Use Plastic Problem · Everbox◆Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Civil Engineering◆Best Actor · Wrote & Starred in a School Play◆Never Take Advice Without Skin in the Game◆Entrepreneurs Are Heroes · They Fail for the Rest of Us◆Things Without Skin in the Game Tend to Grow Complex◆If Your Private Life Contradicts Your Opinion, Your Opinion Cancels◆What Important Truth Do Very Few People Agree With You On?◆Customers Won't Come Just Because You Build It◆You're Either on the Bus or off the Bus◆Be Ethical Even When No One Is Looking◆Avoid Status Signalling◆Free Capital Markets Are the Only True Way to Uplift a Society◆Complacency in Times of Peace Is a Prince Killer◆Stand on the Shoulders of Giants◆Beware of Complacency · The Cheese Can Move Overnight

Projects

Here's a curated list of projects I've fully committed to. Click each for details and lessons learned.

Anchorbase.xyz

Anchorbase.xyz

2026 – Present

Web app to help Engineers and designers in the AEC industry navigate their codes and standards

Web AppAEC IndustryStartupAcceleratorReactTypeScriptSupabaseRAGGrokLangChainLlamaIndex
Project Machine

Project Machine

2025 – 2025

Project management web app aimed at recording how long tasks take and storing them as lessons learned for future projects

Web DevNext.jsTypeScriptSupabaseOpenAIStartupProject Management
High Speed Rail 2 (HS2)

High Speed Rail 2 (HS2)

2022 – 2025

Design management of the viaduct structures for the sublot 4 section of the HS2 railway development in the UK

BridgesHS2Design ManagementConstructionProject Management
Immigration To The UK

Immigration To The UK

2021 – 2021

Documented my immigration experience, with insights that may be useful to others.

ImmigrationLondon
Everbox

Everbox

2021 – 2021

Developed a deposit return scheme using reusable containers for the restaurant takeaway industry.

StartupMobile AppEnvironment
Everfarm

Everfarm

2020 – 2020

Built a compact at-home vertical farm for fresh leafy greens and vegetables

StartupVertical FarmHydroponicsElectrical
Health And Fitness

Health And Fitness

2012 – Present

A collection of endurance events completed

Strength TrainingMarathonRoad CyclingSwimming
Bridge Design

Bridge Design

2017 – 2021

Designed, inspected, and constructed highway bridges

Bridge EngineerBridge DesignHighwaysProject ManagerTenders
Automated Culvert Design

Automated Culvert Design

2018 – 2018

Automated concrete box culvert design using Excel VBA and Revit

Excel VBARevitParametricCulvert
Alice Lane Phase 3

Alice Lane Phase 3

2016 – 2017

Served as a Site Engineer for a contractor on a large commercial development

ConstructionSite EngineerBuildings
Civil Engineering Degree

Civil Engineering Degree

2012 – 2015

Earned a Civil Engineering degree at the University of Pretoria, South Africa

EngineeringDegreeCivil
Rowing Coxswain for One Year

Rowing Coxswain for One Year

2010 – 2011

An attempt in my final year of schooling to become the school's first team rowing cox

RowingCoxBoat Race
'Allo 'Allo! Theatre Play

'Allo 'Allo! Theatre Play

2011 – 2011

Wrote and lead acted in a high school theatre production based on the UK television series 'Allo 'Allo!

TheatrePlayActing
Drumming

Drumming

2005 – Present

Learned to play a full drum kit. Performed for crowds. Played the snare drum for a school pipe band

DrumsMusicPipe Band

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