WHAT I BUILD
I build because an idea deserves to face reality. Someone must find it useful, choose it freely and receive enough value to come back.
ENTERPRISE / FOUNDER & GROUP CEO
At Zen, my work brings together finance, technology and commercial execution. The purpose is to give people more useful ways to move and use their money.
The group spans payments, wallets, cards and the broader movement of value. Each business must justify its place through the problem it solves and the contribution it makes. A family resemblance is useful. A working business is considerably more useful.
Explore the wider groupMONEY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
The useful questions begin with the person holding the money. How do I receive it? Where is it? What can I do with it? What will it cost me to use it?
I want the experience of managing and spending money to make sense to the person doing it. The technology has to earn its place by helping that person complete the task.
The customer comes firstBUSINESS PAYMENTS
A business needs to collect money, pay people and know what has settled. It needs understandable costs, usable records and a clear answer when something requires attention.
That is the commercial purpose behind ZenPays. I judge the proposition by how well the whole transaction serves the business using it.
Visit ZenPaysTHE WORK AHEAD / IN DEVELOPMENT
Atlas is the routing and settlement infrastructure I am working towards: a way to bring funding, conversion, providers and settlement into a coherent outcome.
The ambition is to make better decisions about how value moves and to make those decisions useful to the customer. There is substantial work ahead. The thinking deserves to be clear before the claims become grand.
Read the reasoningCINEMA & THE HUMAN SPIRIT
A film gives an idea people, choices, conflict and consequences. That is part of what draws me to cinema, and to stories about individuals with something worth pursuing.
Blitzkrieg Films is my film production company. My interest extends to the business of entertainment: how creators reach audiences, how rights are used and how the value created finds its way back to the people producing it.
Visit Blitzkrieg FilmsTHE STANDARD I APPLY
Access to technology does not settle the question of what a business is worth. Competitors may buy the same infrastructure. The work is in the judgment we apply, the experience we create, the obligations we meet and the problems we can resolve.
I want the answer to be visible in the product and in the conduct of the business. A presentation can describe an intention. The customer gets to judge the result.
How I put an idea to workHave a specific proposition? Tell me the problem, what you bring, and where you see mutual value.
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