Product focused tech founder with executive experience leading startups through scale-up to IPO


I’m a South African living happily in NYC, where I came in 2010 to complete grad school in Philosophy at NYU. In 2016 I founded a podcast technology startup, Pippa. In 2019 Pippa was acquired by Acast, the largest global podcast company, where I am now VP of Strategy.
I like thinking about difficult problems, especially about logic, ethics, artificial intelligence, and finance. This is my gifted cat, Babka.
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Experience

VP of Strategy Oct 2021

Director of Product April 2019

FOUNDER & CEO

Acquired by Acast, April 2019

OPERATIONS, MARKETING, UX

Branding, analytics, research

INTELLIGENCE CONSULTING, CORPORATE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

Education

Completed CFA Level I
Financial analysis, economics, equities, derivatives

MA in ANALYTIC Philosophy
METAPHYSICS, LOGIC, SET THEORY

BA Honours in Philosophy
BA in English

Technical skills

CODE

  • JAVASCRIPT | intermediate
  • PYTHON | intermediate
  • SQL | intermediate
  • HTML & CSS & XML | strong
  • GOOGLE ANALYTICS | intermediate

DESIGN

  • SKETCH | strong
  • FIGMA | strong
  • ADOBE PHOTOSHOP & LIGHTROOM | strong
  • ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR & CSS | intermediate
  • ADOBE INDESIGN | intermediate

AUDIO AND MUSIC

  • AUDIO ENGINEERING & PRODUCTION | strong
  • SONGWRITING & SOUND DESIGN | strong
  • LOGIC, CUBASE, PROTOOLS, ABLETON LIVE | strong