Founder and CEO of Amakora · London
I build software for the work that falls between tools, teams, and decisions. At Amakora, that means connecting the systems people already use and making it clear what the software did, what needed approval, and what happened next.
My background is in payments, developer platforms, and commerce infrastructure at Interswitch and RedCloud. I’m a Google AI Fellow (2026), and my work spans product strategy, platform architecture, and hands-on engineering.
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| Product | What it helps teams do |
|---|---|
| Nexra | Describe work that spans several apps, test the workflow in a sandbox, and run it with approvals and a record of each step. |
| BuildAI | Build and evaluate AI agents, route actions for approval, and inspect evidence from their runs. |
| Workstead | Manage staff records, onboarding, training, supervision, leave, and compliance for care and service teams. |
| Synaptiq | Plan and track product delivery, and keep engineering work and documentation in the same workspace. |
- Nexra Go SDK — REST bindings, typed errors, safe run starts, and webhook signature verification.
- BuildAI showcase — sample workflows and architecture for agent execution, memory, approvals, and run evidence.
- Platform engineering playbook — practical notes on API governance, identity, MCP, and platform operations.
- System design portfolio — design decisions across reliability, identity, billing, and AI systems.
- Technical product teaching — examples for teaching APIs, system design, and developer experience.
I write about the decisions behind useful AI and developer platforms. Recent topics include how to build an MCP server, how APIs, SDKs, and MCP fit together, and how to choose models for different tasks.
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