Product systems
for mission-driven
teams.
Independent product management for climate, civic and impact teams. Discovery, delivery, planning.
One engagement at a time. Twelve to twenty-four weeks. Outcomes, not hours. Plain proposals.
Rhys Davies. Ex-Canonical, South Pole, Earth Action. Building products that matter since 2011.
Amsterdam, 2026
I've spent my career scaling impact through product. Built global communities at Ubuntu. Launched climate software at South Pole. Rebuilt waste-data infrastructure at Earth Action.
Mission-driven organisations rarely struggle for ideas. They struggle to turn ideas into shipped, measurable work. That's the gap I fill.
I work independently, with one team at a time. Twelve to twenty-four week engagements. Embedded enough to make decisions; detached enough to ask hard questions.
A conversation.
Tell me what you're working on. An hour, free, no pitch. We figure out whether there's a fit.
A proposal.
One page. Scope, timeline, price, what success looks like. Plain English, no decks.
The work.
Twelve to twenty-four weeks, embedded with your team. Weekly check-ins. One client at a time.
Tell me what
you're working on.
A paragraph is plenty. I read everything personally and reply within two working days.