Hello world,
I'm Ollie
An enthusiastic Fintech Product Leader, based in the UK. FIND OUT MORE
I am a
startup guy
For over 15 years , I've helped visionaries build great things FIND OUT MORE
We scaled FORM3
payment volume 32x
In a SOC2-audited, regulated and critical infrastructure environment FIND OUT MORE
I'm passionate
about tech
And building a decentralised future for us all. FIND OUT MORE
Collosseo, Roma Wertheim
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Here is what a few of my former leaders have to say about me.

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15+ years of getting involved and getting results

My passion is bringing people and technology together to solve problems in scalable ways.

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Product Leader

About me

I am a Fintech Product Leader with 15+ years experience, a passion for tech and a history of getting excited, getting involved and getting things done.

My twin superpowers are a love of people and boundless enthusiasm for solving problems.

So, what are you looking to achieve and how can I help you get there?

Key achievements

I’ve been lucky enough to work with great people, solving many worthwhile problems:

  • Hyperscaling a cloud-native payments platform 1M to 6M+ transactions (32X uplift) and processed up to 1,000 TPS while onboarding Nationwide and Lloyds at FORM3
  • Delivering an 8-squad, 60-engineer fintech re-platforming at Qredo, delivering a new Web3 custody stack end-to-end in 9 months, growing AUC 95% from $200M to $390M
  • Scaling product organisations up to 14 direct reports and 75 engineers over 14+ squads, assessing existing teams and founding new, including Platforms, Web/Mobile apps and DevTools
  • Boosted DevEx and engagement by 23% at M&S, cutting onboarding time by 45% and deploying DX – the world-leading Developer Experience tool to over 2,000 Engineers
  • Defined and executed AI-driven product strategy at Vitrifi, leading 6 PMs and 60+ engineers, embedding OKRs, and delivering a first – 10GB service in Zone 1 London
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Places I've worked

Here are some brands I’ve helped build.

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Things I can do

Here are just some areas I can help you and your team.

Getting to revenue

A track record of identifying true north, building velocity and getting to market faster.

Rapid discovery

Implementing continuous discovery, testing and validating ideas though right-sized research and analysis.

Becoming Product-led

Setting strategic direction, identifying key outcomes, right-sizing processes, building healthy cross-team relationships.

Scaling up

Baselining and leading Product teams of up to 14 direct reports, establishing ways of working, indexing for speed and predictability.

Harnessing Data & AI

Defining metrics that matter, gathering data and implementing Agentic workflows to accelerate growth.

Delivering confidence

Reducing risk by through transparency and delivery cadence predictability.

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partners

Partners I've worked with.

Some of the partner teams I’ve collaborated with.

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podcasts

Podcasting.

I’ve been podcasting since 2016, notably on Distributed, where I explore the people and vision behind Web3. I have several other shows and also write widely on Product and Technology.

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clients

Customers I've helped.

A sample of the businesses I’ve enjoyed working closely with.

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Recent experience

Here are some career highlights, starting with my most recent roles.

2024-now

Head of Product (Vitrifi)

Product lead for an AI-driven Telco Automation startup. Defined and implement a Product-led strategy, OKR-driven planning at the leadership level and a Product planning system in Notion. Secured the first customer and delivered a world first: 10GB internet to London Zone 1 businesses.

2023-2024

Product Principal (101 Ways)

Led the Product practice. Developed the service offering, implemented processes and up-skilled the team. Clients included M&S, Carnival UK, loveholidays, Recharge, M&S and esure insurance.

2023-2023

WEB3 Product Director: Platform (Qredo)

Platform lead for a rapidly Web3 start-up. Delivered best in class self-custody to institutional and B2C users. Led delivery of an end-to-end rewrite in 9 months, including Backend (API, SDKs, RBAC, Identity) and Frontend (2FA via Mobile, UX, Staking, Voting). Redundancy.

2020-2022

Head of Product: Core Platform (FORM3)

Core Platform lead for the world leader in cloud-native payments, enabling tier 1 and 2 banks to reduce operational costs by 10-20X. Grew a team of 6 to 89 people (14 reports, 75 engineers & 14 squads) and a £10m budget. Scaled transaction volumes 32x to 1000 TPS over 2 years and delivered an industry first: active-active multi-cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure).

2020-2020

Product Lead (Validis)

Product lead for an Accountancy analytics platform during COVID-19, delivering automated chart of accounts to Audit and risk scores to Lending teams during COVID-19. Delivered an API-driven architecture and a new UI in 9 months, winning Amazon and pwc accounts.

2018-2019

Product Manager (Futrli)

Platform and Integration lead for a B2B predictive analytics platform in hypergrowth. Integrated Sage, Quickbooks, Xero, Slack and Google Apps. Redundancy.

2017-2018

Product Manager (Schneider Electric)

A global role for an iconic manufacturer, unblocking development of EOS, their first SaaS IoT product, defining Product processes and increasing development velocity 4X.

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