Photon Consulting
I build the platforms that let enterprises move faster on AI
Created the enterprise AI gateway at a Fortune 500. Ship commercial products as a solo founder. Advise organisations that are serious about getting AI into production.
What I do
Not the demos. The infrastructure
that makes adoption stick.
AI strategy and architecture
Designing the platform layer that determines whether AI ships at scale without creating security risk. The architecture decisions, governance frameworks and reference designs that stop initiatives stalling.
Platform engineering
The shared services layer that stops teams across the organisation rebuilding the same plumbing. APIs, authentication, observability and developer experience that redirect engineering hours from infrastructure to product work.
AI governance and safety
Built Vectimus, an open-source governance platform for AI coding agents and agent frameworks, while most teams were still debating whether they needed one. Compliance mapped to OWASP, SOC 2, NIST AI RMF, NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001, EU AI Act, CIS Controls and SLSA.
Key achievements
78
Cedar policies shipping in Vectimus
F500
Enterprise AI gateway serving every business line
~20yrs
Turning technical complexity into business outcomes
4
AI agents running daily operations at SquareWave
Selected work
I build products, not just advise on them
Vectimus (opens in new tab)
Open-source AI governance
Most AI governance tools are built for compliance teams. Vectimus is built for developers. Two commands to install, under 5ms to evaluate and works across AI coding tools and agent frameworks. 78 Cedar policies intercept every tool call before execution, without slowing developers down.
SquareWave Studio (opens in new tab)
Music technology
Professional desktop software for Teenage Engineering hardware. Two shipping products (EP-PatchStudio and OP-PatchStudio), a growing user community and the full product lifecycle handled solo: hardware protocol reverse engineering, desktop app architecture, payment infrastructure, support operations and go-to-market.
Thought leadership
Writing
Silicon Republic
How this AI expert took an alternative route to tech (opens in new tab)
Featured interview on non-traditional paths into technology leadership.
Blog
Two agents, one problem
An AI agent gamed a benchmark. Another wiped a production database. Same root cause.
Blog
Constraint engineering: the missing discipline
Everyone's engineering better prompts. Almost nobody is engineering the constraints.
Speaking
Available for conferences and events
Enterprise AI adoption, AI governance, platform engineering and building in public.
Ready to operationalise AI?
Whether you need AI strategy, platform architecture or hands-on delivery, I can help your organisation move from proof-of-concept to production without the usual stall.
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