I wasn't just building games. I was wiring up sensors, connecting motors, and experimenting with the physical world through code. One project I’ll never forget: at 15, I built a hovercraft. It was great fun, but not fast enough. So, I hung a slinky spring in parallel to the ceiling, hooked up sensors to a BBC Micro, and wrote a program to simulate how gas flowed through the exhaust system. I was trying to optimise performance, virtually long before I knew that was a career being etched out for my future.
Fast-forward through a few decades (and plenty of mistakes, breakthroughs, and late nights), I found myself deep in the learning and engineering space. I spent over 30 years working alongside brilliant minds, problem-solvers, systems thinkers, people who saw complexity and leaned into it. Together, we built, fixed, scaled, and reimagined systems that others said couldn’t be changed.
What stuck with me through it all was a simple truth: great engineers don’t just build things; they solve meaningful problems. I’ve always admired their perseverance, creativity, and raw intelligence. And I realised what I wanted most was to support them, to clear paths, remove blockers, and give them what they need to thrive.
That’s why I founded Ratio.
Ratio exists to empower engineers and technical leaders to face big challenges, find better solutions, and deliver lasting outcomes. It’s built on the same mindset that guided me as a kid: curiosity, craft, and the drive to make things better.
That’s why our foundation is simple, but powerful:
Challenges. Solutions. Great Outcomes.