Building and Shipping Products Independently
Founder & Product Manager · Stratify Tech Ltd., UK · Sep 2023 – Present
Context
My own UK technology consulting and product company, founded alongside completing my MSc. Two strands: freelance delivery consulting for enterprise and SME clients, and building software products of my own.
What I did
Ran discovery with five enterprise and SME clients to pin down business objectives, user needs and technical constraints, then turned those into project charters, scope definitions and milestone-based roadmaps. On the product side I designed and shipped three AI-assisted solutions: an automated rota scheduling platform on web and mobile, now in live use with two clients; an AI chatbot handling website booking automation; and an inventory management system with threshold-triggered reorder alerts. I build these end to end — requirements, architecture, development, testing and release. Alongside this I consult on and deliver websites for small businesses and restaurants, covering the full engagement: requirements and content structure, design direction, build, booking and ordering integrations, launch and handover.
Outcome
Clients cut manual operational work and reported around a 30% revenue uplift from improved customer engagement and operational efficiency. For me personally, the strand proved I can carry a product from an idea to a paying deployment without a team behind me.