About

Timeline

• 1998 Born in Cape Town, South Africa. Moved to Sydney, Australia a few months later.
• 2010 Took up martial arts.
• 2013 Started learning to code.
• 2015 Published a game to the iOS App Store. It made ~$3 through ads.
• 2016 First job (at a bottle shop).
• 2017 Started studying computing at the University of Sydney.
  Earned my first dollars through software by freelancing.
• 2018 First software job at a blockchain startup.
• 2019 Graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science.
• 2020 First full-time job at Deloitte doing DevOps.
  Co-founded Canopy Study.
  Joined Canva as a release engineer.
• 2021 Got my skydiving licence.
  Left Canva to focus on Canopy Study.
• 2022 Raised $1.1M in venture capital for Canopy Study.
• 2023 Started calisthenics.
  Shut down Canopy Study.
• 2024 Joined a Series A startup building an AI-powered clinician communication training platform.
  Visited America (NYC) for the first time.
• 2025 First solo trip (to Japan - snowboarding in Hakuba, then Tokyo).
  First time in Europe (Germany and Amsterdam).
  Quit full time work in May.
• 2026 …

Values

Connection. Deep conversations. Being able to rely on others and having others rely on me. A feeling of truthfulness and trust.

Peace. Living true to who I am. Feeling safe around others. Not trying to control what I can’t.

Integrity. I do what I say, I do what I believe, I am who I say I am. Living at the level I know I’m capable of.

Autonomy. A short distance between thought and action. Having the freedom and resources to act on what I want.

Adventure. Exploring new things. Being outside my comfort zone.

How I think

I care about simplicity. I think most things are overcomplicated.

I think from first principles. I understand things best when I can break them down to the fundamentals. High-level explanations don’t stick unless I already have the foundation.

I always assume positive intent. My first coach at Canva taught me that. It stuck because it was already how I operated. I just finally had the words for it.

Craft

I’m constantly trying to improve and reach mastery at the things I do. I strive to be the best at what I do, though I wouldn’t call myself a competitive person. I have a high attention to detail, which I think is necessary for mastery.

Being different

I’ve always been drawn to being different. Even as a kid, I loved telling people I was born in Cape Town. The idea of “fitting in” was unattractive. If everyone was doing something, that was usually enough reason for me to do something else.

Body and movement

I love anything that demands full attention from my body and puts me in a flow state.

I’ve done my fair share of martial arts. Karate at the end of primary school, then MMA, then krav maga.

Now it’s calisthenics. I did tricking (gymnastics mixed with martial arts) in high school and can still do a backflip. I used to skydive, and I also snowboard when I can.

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Updated 27th July, 2026.