Testimonials
Here is what a few of my former leaders have to say about me.
“Ollie is an exceptional product leader with rare clarity, rigour and empathy. A hugely positive force in any organisation – any team would be lucky to have him.”
“Oliver is one of the few Product people I’ve met that really get platforms and the multiplicative value they offer. The thing I enjoyed most about working with Oliver was his passion, enthusiasm and energy. Like the best Engineers, Oliver just likes to build cool things.”
“When Ollie joined Qredo, taking on our pre-existing re-platforming project, things started to make sense. The structure, organisation, insight and humility that he brought to the table was very much appreciated and without his guiding hand, I don’t believe that V2 of our product would have ever seen the light of day.”
“I like to think I know what a good product manager looks like. Oliver is a great product manager. He is able to balance the strategic imperatives of the company with the detailed minutiae of the product. Oliver’s style is inclusive, respectful but decisive. He understands that the greatest skill of the best product managers is the ability to communicate – and he does this consummately well.”
“Working with Oliver was a pleasure, always happy to discuss the rationale for any proposal and take your opinion into account. The QA team were able to produce high quality tests because Oliver was able to create high quality tickets and was happy to clarify where we were unsure of what the requirement was in real time, often under great commercial pressure. Recommended.”
I can drive innovation in Toast Payroll
An HR/Marketing degree, Accounting/Payments experience and passion for small businesses draw me to this role.
I'm Ollie, a hands-on Product guy
I have 15+ years Product, 10+ years Fintech and 3+ years Hospitality experience (Hotels and Restaurants), a passion for tech and a history of getting excited, getting involved and getting things done.
I’m passionate about supporting small businesses, and have served them at BCI Media Group (APAC), Crunch UK (accountancy), Futrli (cashflow forecasting), Validis (audit and lending) and FORM3 (payment processing) to name a few.
I look forward to talking Toast and how I could help!
Key achievements
I’ve been lucky enough to work with many great people on problems worth solving:
- 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 75 engineers and 14+ squads, assessing existing teams and founding new, including Platforms, Web/Mobile apps and DevTools
- 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
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.
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.
Customers I've helped.
A sample of the businesses I’ve enjoyed working closely with.
