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About Me

I'm a project and product manager with a background in edtech.

I graduated in 2004 with a Bachelors degree in English Literature from the University of Exeter in the UK. I decided to pursue a career in publishing After a spell with a business to business publisher as an advertising and editorial manager in the UK, I moved to Japan to try my hand at language teaching and experience living abroad. I took the opportunity to begin learning Japanese.

In Japan I worked for Gaba Corporation on the Academic Development department for 10 years combining my editorial and language learning interests. I was fortunate enough to be manager of the section from 2012 until 2018. It was an exciting time as the smartphone and social media revolution took hold. Some of the most interesting projects I worked on at that time are listed here in my portfolio.

In 2018 I took a role working for the Japanese e-commerce company, Rakuten, as project manager for an email security implementation. I then moved into an opportunity with the British Council in Tokyo to work on their conference series for language assessment eventually moving back to the UK in 2022 to take up a global programme manager role for the British Council.

My skill set has evolved over the years, having led the end-to-end development of mobile and web-based learning platforms used by 20,000+ learners, owning requirements definition, feature delivery, UX and content workflows, vendor coordination, and monetisation strategy. I also have experience navigating complex environmental factors and building strong internal stakeholder relationships and forging new external partnerships to deliver results for a global organisation.

In 2025 I began building yomuyomu.io an ai-powered language learning application designed to facilitate immersive reading experience for learners of Japanese.

Highlights:

  • Transformed Japans largest private language school (20K+ learners) into a mobile-first EdTech leader (iOS, SaaS, Android).
  • Increased revenue 400% on an iOS app implementing data-led product iteration.
  • Scaled an academic conference series, securing a partnership with a global tech leader and reaching 80K+ learners.