About Axel

My work spans three things that mostly share the same DNA: building privacy-first platforms, advising small businesses on the latest technology, and creating free tools and resources the neurodiverse community needs.

What I’ve built

I founded Tessolari, a peer-to-peer platform connecting neurodiverse people with their allies. I built Static Host UK, a privacy-first website hosting platform. I created Access to Benefits Assistance and Autism Help — two free resources for navigating UK systems that aren’t always built with their users in mind.

What I advise on

Through Be Braver Now, I advise small and mid-sized businesses on AI governance: how to adopt AI without losing control of their data, their security, or their judgement. As part of the Biztech group of consultants, I work alongside other independent advisers on shared client projects.

What I run in Milton Keynes

I founded the Digital Repair Café, a free pop-up where people bring an old or slow laptop or desktop and learn to fix it themselves. Nobody has to bring a machine: there are laptops and desktops on the bench to take apart. We clean out the dust, swap tired drives, put Linux and free software where the subscriptions were, and recycle what is past saving.

It welcomes people at both ends of the age range. The young get assumed to be good at this because they grew up holding a phone, which teaches you nothing about a laptop. The old get assumed to be past helping, which is insulting and untrue.

What ties it together

All of it traces back to a single belief: privacy is a human right, not a box to tick for the regulator. Whether I’m building a tool or advising a board, the question is always whether the system respects the people it’s built for, or extracts from them.

Being autistic and ADHD shapes how I work, and it shows: I talk straight and cut the waffle, I’m organised and methodical, and I stay focused on the problems I genuinely care about rather than whatever’s trending.