Terrence is an exceptional executive leader with a strong focus on team-building and development, something that has paid dividends to Forj as a remote scale-up organisation. His approach to problem-solving and commitment to excellence is an asset that lends itself perfectly to a technology-focused company, web3 or otherwise.
I had the pleasure of working with Terrence for one year, during his tenure as CTO at Forj. As a colleague, Terrence impressed me with his technical expertise, strong leadership skills, and unwavering commitment to building a people centric team in a challenging fast paced and remote environment.
During Terrence’s time as CTO, he played a critical role in shaping the technical team into a high functioning department.
Terrence was a pleasure to work with on a personal level. His friendly and approachable demeanour made him a go-to resource for many colleagues across the organization, and his ability to build and maintain strong relationships across multiple departments and vendors was crucial to our journey to success.
Overall, I highly recommend Terrence for any leadership role in the technology space. He has a proven track record of success, a wealth of technical knowledge, and the interpersonal skills necessary to excel in any team environment.
I am delighted to recommend Terrence, who served as the CTO at Forj. Our paths crossed frequently as he spearheaded a transformative agenda across the engineering department, reshaping it into an incredibly efficient, results-oriented team. One of Terrence’s many strengths was his unwavering commitment to deliver value early and consistently, all while adhering to agile practices within engineering and product.
Yet, what truly sets Terrence apart is his extraordinary people skills. His leadership style is an amalgamation of thoughtfulness, integrity, and transparency. His ability to inspire, guide, and invest in his team’s development is simply remarkable. He has an innate talent for fostering a positive and inclusive work environment that encourages open communication and collaboration.
Terrence’s technical expertise as a digital practitioner is extensive and impressive, but it’s his approachability and unwavering support for his team’s development that truly make him stand out. He extended his support not only to his direct reports but also to colleagues from all departments, always willing to lend a helping hand or share his wisdom.
In essence, Terrence is a leader of extraordinary caliber, combining technical mastery with exceptional people skills. His contributions have left an indelible mark on Forj and on those who had the pleasure of working with him. I wholeheartedly endorse him for any future endeavors, confident that his exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills will be a valuable asset to any team.
I had the pleasure of working alongside Terrence in the Executive team at Forj, I can attest to his exceptional leadership, technical expertise, and strategic vision.
He has the ability to balance big-picture thinking with keen attention to detail. Also, he consistently demonstrated a deep understanding of our industry and leveraged his technical expertise to identify opportunities for optimization and improvement across the organization. His strategic vision and technical acumen helped us to stay still during a very long bear market and propelled us out of the curve in an ever-evolving technological landscape.
In summary, I highly recommend Terrence for any future leadership role. He is an exceptional CTO who possesses a rare combination of technical proficiency, strategic vision, and strong leadership skills.
What set Terrence apart is his exceptional people skills, which make him an outstanding leader and manager. Always supportive and attentive to the team’s needs, Terrence promoted a 180-degree change in the direction of the Tech department, bringing the overall quality and image of the team to another level. Terrence also brings a very rare set of skills based on his vast experience in the Industry and the ability to understand both business and tech equally.
I worked under Terrence as a Senior Product Owner and I must say both myself and our tech team grew professionally and became much more efficient.
Terrence is an inspiring and diligent leader how trusts his team and delegates, no micromanagement was ever noticed. This way of empowering boosted our motivation and output visibly.
Besides, he knows the blockchain and fintech space very well, and he was the driver behind ensuring our processes and tech stack are up to the mark and scale.
Terrence has also helped us build the product team, guiding us with his product and market experience and expertise: we became much more agile and lean and reduced our time-to-MVP drastically.
All in all, Terrence shaped a collective of very capable professionals who have a clear vision to work towards and who are very much like a united tribe. Everybody knows their responsibilities and trusts each other.
I’m looking forward for our professional paths to cross again.
I had the pleasure of working under Terrence as a project manager at Forj. I was especially impressed by his technical expertise, leaderships skills and interpersonal abilities. This was my first tenure within the blockchain space, Terrence was incredibly approachable and helpful in answering the many technical questions that I had for the tech team.
A compassionate leader who promotes empowerment over micromanagement whilst leading his teams. He revolutionised the tech team and got it up and running like a well oiled machine. I would have no hesitation in recommending Terrence for the position of CTO. He will be surely missed at Forj and he will be an extremely valuable addition to any team.
My strong belief that Terrence is a team player.
I was glad working under his guidance and management because of his:
- Strong communication skills
- Clear and long-term vision
- Collaborator
- Can organise team and it’s work worldwide
- Can operate in hard and tough situations without panic and cold and calm mind
That meant a lot for us our team and we reached out many great results as:
- Dramatically increased speed of delivering product and features ( by 50% at least)
- Decreased the level of bugs and mistakes (by 70%)
- Improved the quality of work by approaching SCRUM method + systematical approach to work
- Every step was documented and instructed with his guidance
P.S. Best boss I ever worked with
I had the pleasure of working with Terrence during our time at Forj. Terrence was very instrumental in creating our new tech-team by interviewing and hiring a bunch of qualified and technically sound candidates. He was at the forefront of putting together a very capable blockchain team and transitioning them onto various Forj projects, ensuring a short learning curve in the process. His leadership skills, deep understanding of blockchain at a conceptual and technical level, and in-depth understanding of the market were great assets to our different technical teams at Forj.
Besides his knowledge and leadership skills, one thing that always stood about Terrence is that he was available round the clock and always willing to assist team-members on all fronts. What Terrence brought to the table in terms of years of experience in the blockchain as well as the IT field was unique, and that, coupled with his energy and hard work, made him a very crucial part of the company.