About RapidRise

Commercial Maturity in the Uncomfortable Zone

My value is not sales volume. It is commercial maturity.

I operate in the uncomfortable zone where deep technical innovation meets enterprise bureaucracy. Whether selling sovereign AI infrastructure to government or advanced risk models to hedge funds, I bridge the gap between engineering teams and the buyer's checkbook.

I spent 25 years selling complex data and analytics solutions to some of the most demanding institutional buyers in the world: asset managers, hedge funds, energy companies, and sovereign wealth funds. My most recent corporate role was at S&P Global/IHS Markit, where I ranked in the top 5% globally and closed over £42M in revenue. I built that track record by understanding how enterprise organisations actually make purchasing decisions, and by building commercial engines that served the product rather than obscuring it. RapidRise applies that experience to high-growth technical ventures at the moment they need it most: when the product is proven and the commercial architecture needs to catch up.

Most recent engagement: Commercial Lead, Tenokonda Risk Intelligence (Bayesian AI platform, buy-side and energy markets).

Core Sectors:

• • Cybersecurity and Fraud Detection
• • Sovereign Supply Chains and Semiconductors
• • Applied AI and Vertical SaaS
• • Institutional Capital Markets and Financial Data
• • Defence Technology and Sovereign AI Infrastructure