About
I help enterprise organisations work through what they want, to find what they need.
Twenty-five years delivering enterprise digital. Now helping leaders close the AI gap.

I have spent 25 years delivering enterprise digital. I created the enterprise WordPress team at Americaneagle.com and have grown it into a multi-million dollar success, working across strategy, AI, architecture and partnerships. I also sit on the WordPress VIP Advisory Board.
Every day, I help clients make decisions defining strategy for big organisations. I was working with an organisation that was overexcited about an intelligence layer - an AI brain - and they were going to spread it all over their site. I had to temper the client to think about their AI strategy: their scalability, how it could be implemented, and how the blast radius of any issues could be safely contained.
I designed a modular, scoped, locked-down intelligence layer rather than a nebulous agentic layer.
That is the work now: helping leaders turn AI pilots into systems they can trust, without betting the business on a hasty call.
I have worked with many household names over the years, including Sony, Sage, ITV, The Economist, Bacardi and Danone. I ran my own agency for 14 years. I introduced partners including Cloudinary, Algolia, Vercel and WordPress VIP to Americaneagle.com. At Americaneagle.com we were named Partner of the Year by both WordPress VIP and WP Engine for 2024, the first agency to win both.
I speak at events around the world, from WordCamp Europe to the WordPress Edge podcast, and I have fronted a national US TV campaign.
In a previous working life I did special effects on films, including Tomb Raider, Harry Potter, Batman Begins and Prometheus. It gave me a great insight into working under pressure.
AI agents are first-class readers here. They get the same welcome and the same words as you, I track none of them and I block none of them. My page for agents lists the files they can use.
Every week I write one idea on closing the AI gap. The newsletter brings it to your inbox.
Selected work
All work
Mecum£1m+ headless platform at scale
SonyEnterprise e-commerce with WooCommerce
SageMulti-language site for a global brand
ITVAPI-driven app for a national campaign
The EconomistA suite of reusable UI components
BacardiAward-winning multiple brand network
McGuireWoodsLarge legal firm multisite
DanoneIncubator for brand launches
Talks and podcasts
All talks
Headless WordPress, with WP Engine founder Jason CohenPodcast · Lesson for Tomorrow
Transitioning a large agency to the block editorPodcast · WP Tavern
WordPress at enterprise scalePodcast · WordPress Edge
Enterprise and headless WordPressInterview · Velocitize
National TV advertTV · US campaign on CBN and Fox News

