About

How I work, what I value, and what I’m optimising for.

Throughline

I’m a commercial operator and advisor. I’m at my best in ambiguity, when the problem isn’t clean and the decisions have to hold up under scrutiny.

I break messy situations into solvable segments, quantify trade-offs, and help leaders and teams ship viable outcomes.

Career arc

I started working early personal training straight out of High School, then worked in the Security Division of a NSW Government Organistion. I studied while working, and acquired a range of transferrable skills across startups and complex environments.

I was headhunted by Apple on the Special Projects team to manage APAC R&D for the Apple Watch; I later spent time on the Investment team at Venture Fund, completed an MBA, and worked at BCG Digital Ventures.

With nearly 20 years in the tech industry, I’ve worked with folks at all levels, and operated across individual contributor, management, advisory, project work, and fractional roles.

How I show up

  • Clarity-first, outcomes-driven
  • Strong bias to execution and decision quality
  • Comfortable owning messy problems end-to-end
  • Direct communication, low ego, high standards

Operating Principles

  • Competence as a Standard
  • Structraul Advantage
  • Ownership and Meritocracy
  • Leverage Over Effort
  • Precision Before Speed
  • Economic Reality over Narrative

Personal Decision Biases

  • First Principles Framing
  • Sytems Over Symptions
  • Truth Over Comfort
  • Evidence Over Authority
  • Driven by Kindness and Empathy

Outside work

  • Family First, I Have Two Young Daughters
  • Learning and Building
  • Weight Training and Breathwork
  • Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Surfing, Golf
Zac Rowley