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About

I'm a leader who's learning to code. Not because it's trendy, but because I genuinely want to understand how things are built.

Over the years I've had the privilege of leading teams and working on hard problems with incomplete information. The people I've learned the most from are the ones who do the actual work — not the ones who talk about it in meetings.

Recently I started building software myself. Using AI as a co-pilot, running things on a NAS at home, making plenty of mistakes along the way. It's been one of the most humbling experiences of my career — in the best possible sense.

I also recently completed the Global Senior Leadership Program at IIM Lucknow. The biggest takeaway wasn't a framework or a model. It was the realisation that no matter how much you know, there's always more you don't. And that's okay.

Leadership & Strategy

Strategic PlanningCAGE FrameworkPESTELMcKinsey 7SP&L OwnershipCross-functional LeadershipCXO Advisory

Building & Technology

Node.jsPostgreSQLDockerReactVibe CodingAI-assisted DevSelf-hosting

Still Learning

Product StrategyIndie BuildingEntrepreneurshipKnowledge Tools

Journey

Where I've Been

2025

Global Senior Leadership Program

IIM Lucknow

Went back to school at a stage in life where you think you already know things. Turns out I had a lot more to learn — and that was the point.

2024

Started Learning to Code

Self-directed

Using AI to build things. Still breaking things regularly, but that's how learning works. Readwise clones, portfolio tools, backend APIs on a NAS at home.

2020s

Leading Cross-functional Teams

Senior Management

Learned that the hardest decisions come with the least data, and that the best leaders are the ones who admit they don't know.

2010s

P&L Ownership

Executive Leadership

Understanding how value moves across an organisation is humbling. There are always people behind the numbers doing the real work.

What I believe

"The best leaders are the ones who
never stop being students."

I try to approach everything with curiosity rather than certainty. It doesn't always work. But it's the intention that counts.

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