🚀 Helping clients scale product & engineering ops 🚀 Head Of Tech | FractionalCTO | Product Ops | Content Ops | Transformations | Automation | AEM Specialist | Solution Architect | E2E Technologist | Digital Strategist

From end‑to‑end hands‑on delivery to product‑wide modernisation — helping engineering teams 10× efficiency through fast AI adoption and automated workflows built on scalable architectures.

I’m a Senior Product Engineering Consultant and Fractional CTO (in practice) helping scale‑ups and established enterprises modernise their engineering systems and accelerate delivery through AI adoption and automation.

Over the past two decades, I’ve led and delivered large‑scale digital transformations across financial services, retail, and automotive, working with brands like HSBC, Nissan/Renault, and JPMorgan Chase.


My experience bridges strategy and implementation with hands‑on technical leadership. Core expertise includes:


– Adobe AEM/CMS: 10+ years of development, custom components, workflows and integrations (also Magnolia & Alfresco).

– Java/Spring Boot: Enterprise applications, microservices, REST APIs, Kafka, full‑stack development.

– Frontend: React, Angular, JavaScript, responsive design and modern web standards.

– Cloud & DevOps: AWS, CI/CD, Docker, automated deployment pipelines.

– AI Integration: Modern automation and GenAI‑powered development workflows (emerging).


Today, my focus is on:


✅ Modernisation & Efficiency: Evolving legacy systems into scalable, cloud‑ready architectures.

✅ AI‑Driven Delivery: Embedding automation and GenAI workflows into engineering pipelines.

✅ Team Empowerment: Building clarity, confidence and measurable improvement across delivery teams.


I combine deep technical knowledge with strategic execution to deliver measurable improvements in speed, quality and cost for my clients.


Open to strategic engagements and senior leadership roles in modernisation and AI‑driven engineering.


🚀 Currently: Consulting with scaling and established organisations to define their technology strategy, streamline delivery and build AI‑ready product foundations.

Manish Dani

If finance gives you anxiety, let’s talk.

Here's how I can help:

☑️ Capital strategy & runway — aligned funding and cash clarity
☑️ Systems as leverage — integrated, scalable, one source of truth
☑️ Operating cadence — fast close, timely decisions, accountability
☑️ Actionable models — forward view that guides decisions
☑️ Strategy + execution — I own the plan; my team delivers
☑️ Investor-grade reporting — clear story, trusted metrics
☑️ Resource allocation — invest where returns compound
☑️ Unit economics — durable, scalable profitability

Hi, I'm Dave, a Strategic CFO and COO who works with fast-moving startups that need finance to keep pace. 

Most finance leaders live in the rearview. They speak in riddles. They show up once a quarter with a post-mortem. 

I operate in real-time. I break things down in plain English. I build systems so you stop firefighting and start leading.

Why you should trust me:

⚡ Accountant with 20+ years across UK & Australia
⚡ Owned nine-figure P&Ls at public companies
⚡ Built finance teams from zero to hero
⚡ Turned cash burn into cash flow
⚡ Grew revenue £8M in one year

Experience spans VC & PE-backed Tech, Big Four consulting, ASX-listed enterprises.

A bit about me:

I’m not your typical CFO.

Started out chasing a career in professional sport. When that dream died, I pivoted, joined KPMG, and learned to play the corporate game. I spent years trying to fit in.

Eventually, I stopped trying to blend in and embraced my differences: the way I think, lead, and work with people.

Since then, I’ve lived in Australia, built finance functions from scratch, scaled companies across continents, and earned trust in rooms filled with operators, investors, and founders trying to figure out how to grow rapidly without losing the plot.

Now I’m back in the UK — still not your typical CFO.
And that’s entirely the point.

Let's connect. DMs open (replies might take a day or two).

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