The whole internet tells you to say no. Say no to almost everything and yes to almost nothing, protect your time like it’s the last fuel on the ship.
I did the opposite. It built me.
CTO at Omilia · Tech entrepreneur
From warship command to engineering command.
I lead 200 engineers building conversational AI for Fortune 500 enterprises, and I am driving its transformation into a genuinely AI-first organization. Thirteen years in naval command taught me the rest: decide with incomplete information, and ship what holds when conditions turn.
The CTO's job stopped being shipping features. It is engineering an organization that ships itself.
200+
Engineers led
Fortune 500
Clients served
13 yrs
Naval command
30 mo
In command at sea
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