Hi, I'm Rory.

Over the past decade, I have moved from working inside established commercial systems, to scaling fast ones, to building without much scaffolding at all.

At AB InBev I learnt how large budgets, agencies and sales teams work around one commercial plan. At Deliveroo and Heura I helped scale marketplaces, markets and revenue. I then co-founded Honeycomb, took a foodservice data product to paying pilots, and now run a 6-property short-term-rental business while building the tools behind its growth and operations.

I am most useful when the opportunity is credible but the growth motion is not yet repeatable. I can move between the customer, commercial model, data, workflow, product and implementation, then work with the right experts to turn that ambiguity into a system people actually use.

I am looking for a senior growth, new-markets or commercial-transformation mandate with a clear result to own, real authority and a team to build around it.

Rory Russell

Selected work

Operator morning control board for a short-term rental portfolio

Flagship work

Operator for STR operations

A review-first operating system for guest messaging, turnovers, revenue, maintenance, compliance and owner reporting.

Agent workflowsHuman approvalInteractive demo

Explore Operator →

A bright Lisbon apartment used in the Airbnb Listing Audit Studio

Listing score

87 / 100

Flagship work

Airbnb Listing Audit Studio

A public tool that scores listing quality and AI search readiness, then turns the diagnosis into clear, prioritised fixes.

AI auditScoring systemPublic product

Open the studio →

Stella ArtoisAB InBev

One national plan. Six specialist agencies.

£6m

Portfolio

+9%

Volume

+2.3pt

Brand KPI

AB InBev scale proof

Stella Artois national activation

A £6m national activation portfolio connecting major sponsorships, six agencies, media, experiential work, retail and sales execution.

Commercial leadershipAgency orchestrationNational activation

Explore the campaign →

Growth control planeSynthetic

Applications

7,482

Activated

1,811

Orders

37.4k

Deliveroo systems work

Rider Growth Control Plane

An interactive, synthetic reconstruction of the planning system I used to connect marketing spend to active supply and marketplace output.

Growth analyticsBudget planningInteractive case study

Run a scenario →

honeycomb100 restaurants
Search matcha, oat milk or burrata
RestaurantSitesEvidence
WatchHouse19Source ↗
Ottolenghi9Source ↗
Grind14Source ↗

Founder rebuild experiment

Honeycomb rebuild

A measured rebuild of Honeycomb's first visible value moment using 100 public restaurant records and source-backed menu evidence.

Founder storyData provenanceAI rebuild

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Revenue Decision LabSynthetic

Decide. Track. Learn.

Current

£214

Decision

£199

Outcome

72h

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Live operating system

Revenue Decision Lab

A closed-loop pricing system that turns recommendations into human decisions, tracked experiments and reusable evidence.

Revenue managementDecision ledgerHuman approval

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Learn Eilidh sailing simulator showing the yacht under sail

Interactive learning project

Learn Eilidh

A bilingual sailing simulator built around a procedural 3D model of a 1931 Alfred Mylne cutter.

Three.jsSailing physicsEnglish + French

Try the simulator →

Learn Bagpipes showing the 3D instrument with the bass drone selected

Interactive learning project

Learn Bagpipes

A guide to the Great Highland Bagpipe: a clickable 3D instrument, animated fingering, and a tuning trainer that teaches the by-ear skill pipers spend years on.

Three.jsWeb AudioMusic education

Try the guide →

AL Audit Tracker public portfolio demo

Open repositories

Selected code

Public builds covering lead prioritisation, listing audits, operator systems and AI talent operations.

PythonTypeScriptWorkflow design

Browse GitHub →

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