Available for selective collaborations · 2026

I build software used by millions of families.

Building digital products since 2009. Bootstrapped, not raised. Founder of FamilyTime, a parental-control and digital well-being platform used by parents worldwide to keep kids safe online and in the real world.

✷ 5M+ families ✷ 4 industries ✷ 17 years building
Track record
Founder · FamilyTime 0→1 Product Builder Startup Operator Family-tech focus
02 Products

Products I've built.

Real products solving real problems across safety, finance, marketplaces, and creative tooling. Five shipped — across four industries.
// 5 products · 4 industries · since 2003 Featured case study
03 What I do

A small set of strong opinions about how to build product.

I don't operate as a generalist consultancy. I'm a founder-operator who works on a handful of things deeply — product, design, and growth — and refuses to fake the rest.
01

Product Development

End-to-end product thinking — from a single sentence of intent, through architecture and UX, to a shipped, measured release that users will return to tomorrow.

Strategy UX Engineering
02

User-Focused Thinking

I start with the person, not the feature. The work isn't what gets built — it's the change in someone's day after they use it. Research, testing, and ruthless prioritisation.

Research Interviews Prioritisation
03

Execution & Growth

Building means deciding what not to do. I move quickly, ship small, instrument everything, and compound. No theatre — just signal, shipping cadence, and growth loops that hold up.

Shipping Metrics Iteration
04 Featured work

The product I'm most proud of, in production today.

One project, one obsession at a time. Below is a case study preview — the full breakdown, decisions, mistakes, and what it taught me about building for families, is available on request.
05 How I think

"The best products feel obvious in hindsight. Getting them there is rarely obvious at the time — it's the result of a thousand small, opinionated decisions, made fast and revisited honestly."

Aziz — Founder, FamilyTime
P.01
Ship before it's ready, refuse to ship before it's honest.
Speed is a feature; lying to your user is not. The line lives in there somewhere.
P.02
Talk to ten users before writing a tenth screen.
Most product debates dissolve the moment you watch a real person use the thing.
P.03
Distribution is a design problem, not a marketing one.
How a product reaches its next user is built into the product, not bolted on after.
P.04
Optimise for the founder you'll be in two years.
Pick problems whose terrain rewards the operator you're trying to become.
06 Building

What I'm building.

A snapshot of what I'm actively working on. Status reflects reality, not a calendar.

Live
FamilyTime Elite — Android
Stronger, harder-to-bypass parental controls for Android.
store.familytime.io →
Live
In Progress
FamilyTime Elite — iPhone
Fixing what Apple broke for iOS parents — proper control on any iPhone, bought anywhere.
In Progress
In Progress
FamilyTime v9 — Family Map
Rebuilding location sharing around shared family context, not one-way tracking.
In Progress
Always
Building in Plain Sight
A short book on running a product company without theatre. No deadline.
Drafting
07 Get in touch

If you're building something that matters — let's talk.

Best for
Product collaborations · investor intros · advisory on family-tech
Response time
Within 48 hours, almost always
Not for
Cold sales · "quick syncs" · generic partnership decks