I turn policy into systems that enforce it.
A systems builder at the intersection of technology, governance, and execution. Product work, delivery work, and writing are the same discipline in different mediums.
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Lula
delivery · operational proof
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Colloxa
governance infrastructure
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The Control Plane
practitioner writing
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Systems That Hold
book in progress
Cape Town · Building globally
Policy → enforced systems
Flagship product
Governance you can enforce, not only document.
Real-time enforcement. Regulator-ready evidence. Sub-200ms decisions.
AI governance infrastructure for regulated enterprises: the control-and-evidence layer between organisations and the AI they depend on. Built by a practitioner who implements what frameworks require, not a consultant who stops at policy.
What I Do
Technology, governance, and execution
One discipline in three mediums: build enforceable systems, run delivery where stakes are real, write as a practitioner in public.
Building
AI governance infrastructure, not frameworks on paper. Colloxa is the current focus: technical enforcement and evidence for regulated enterprises under POPIA, GDPR, the EU AI Act, and ISO 42001.
See governance infrastructureDelivery
At Lula, a Cape Town fintech, I lead delivery across engineering, product, and compliance. Seven years turning ambiguous requirements into systems that run in regulated environments.
See delivery track recordWriting
The Control Plane is the public record: AI governance from someone building the infrastructure. Tries Too Hard and my books carry judgement, leadership, and the human side of systems.
Read The Control PlaneBuilt from complexity
Why Africa matters for governance infrastructure
Most governance vendors are built in jurisdictions with one dominant regulatory concern. Building from South Africa means building inside regulatory layering: POPIA plus GDPR plus the EU AI Act plus global norms, at the same time. Constraint produces infrastructure-first thinking. It is operational realism, not geography pride.
Read the Africa essayThe Control Plane
A practitioner thinking out loud
Not thought leadership. Field notes on enforcement, evidence, and why most organisations are further behind on AI governance than they believe.
- AI governance without enforcement is theatreThe prompt is not the risk. The policy gap is.
- Africa’s AI Governance Advantage Is InfrastructureWe have a chance to build evidence, control and accountability into the systems still being formed.
- Privacy by design failedPrivacy by design is not a compliance checkbox
Currently
- Leading delivery at Lula, Cape Town
- Building Colloxa, AI governance execution infrastructure
- Pursuing IAPP CIPT and AIGP
- Publishing on The Control Plane
- Writing Systems That Hold
Follow the work.
Colloxa for enforceable governance. The Control Plane for the public record. Delivery at Lula for operational proof.