Nine years in banking, one facilities business built from the ground up, and a hard lesson in public-sector procurement — turned into software.
Running a commercial cleaning business, I submitted fifty-six public-sector bids. I won one. Not because the work wasn't good — because the process is opaque, the paperwork is brutal, and small firms bid blind.
That ratio is why Conxera exists. Every SME bidding on public contracts deserves better odds than I had.
From branch operations in Nigeria to Premier Banking Manager in the UK, managing wealth and long-term relationships for high-net-worth clients — CEOs and senior executives. Learned how money actually moves, and how businesses live or die on cash flow.
Founded and ran PDC, a commercial cleaning and facilities business in Aberdeen. Payroll, contracts, tenders, hard weeks — the unglamorous mechanics of a real company.
Taught myself to build software, then built the tool I needed when I was the customer. Now it's my full-time focus.
AI-powered procurement intelligence for UK SMEs. Conxera finds the right tenders, decodes the requirements, and helps small firms bid like the incumbents — without the bid-writing department.
Built by someone who lost fifty-five of these before writing a line of code.
Visit Conxera →Commercial cleaning and facilities business, founded in Aberdeen. The company that taught me the problem Conxera solves.
The product studio behind these ventures — building practical software businesses from real operating problems.
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