Hamish Songsmith

Co-Founder

Sydney, Australia11 yrs 4 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Founder of AI-focused startup ryora.ai
  • Led cross-functional teams at Optiver
  • Expert in AI implementation and risk management
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI implementation and project management within the tech industry.

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Core Skills

Ai ImplementationRisk ManagementProject DeliveryTeam LeadershipAgile Project ManagementSoftware Development

Other Skills

stakeholder collaborationprocess streamliningworkflow orchestrationcontext-aware automationAgileDesign ThinkingUser-Centered DesignScrumproject management

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Experience

Ryora.ai

Founder

Jan 2026Present · 3 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Optiver

6 roles

Applied AI Lead - APAC

Jun 2025Jan 2026 · 7 mos

  • I lead a cross-functional team of engineers focused on identifying and delivering high-impact initiatives across the organisation. The role involves close collaboration with stakeholders to streamline processes, reduce complexity, and ensure that solutions are scalable, measurable, and aligned with compliance and risk frameworks. A key focus is balancing technical complexity with operational performance—designing and deploying AI-driven systems, including agentic workflows, workflow orchestration, and context-aware automation, that are robust, maintainable, and capable of delivering sustained business value.
AI implementationrisk managementstakeholder collaborationprocess streamliningworkflow orchestrationcontext-aware automation

SYD Applications Engineering Team Lead

Sep 2023Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

SYD Linux Engineering Team Lead

Jan 2023Jan 2024 · 1 yr

APAC Production Engineering Team Lead

Jul 2022Mar 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos

Enterprise IT Team Lead

Promoted

Feb 2021Jul 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

Project Manager

Nov 2019Feb 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

4mation technologies

2 roles

Head of Project Delivery

Jan 2019Sep 2019 · 8 mos

  • A full service custom web and software agency providing end-to-end project delivery through 80+ employees. Services include Mobile App, eCommerce, Custom Software and Web App Development, System Integrations, Cloud Services, CMS Development, Mobile Web Design, Xero Integration and SEO Services.
  • My role was to lead the company’s six development teams with a total of up to 50 people engaged in up to 40 simultaneous projects. Included enhancing delivery structures and processes to improve performance consistency and elevate team and client satisfaction. Involved integrating Agile, Design Thinking and User-Centred Design approaches into a unified and coherent method.
  • The scope of the role included staff recruitment, onboarding, coaching and performance management, managing an operating budget, and optimising productivity and quality.
AgileDesign ThinkingUser-Centered DesignProject DeliveryTeam Leadership

Software Development Team Lead & Project Manager

Jun 2017Jan 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Operating under the Spotify Agile model, led two development squads delivering multiple projects for a diverse range of clients. Also responsible for developing new pre-sales opportunities. In managing projects, worked with clients to identify and understand their fundamental needs, maintained exceptional software quality standards, specified software solutions, and drove an Agile mindset within development teams.
  • Simultaneously fulfilled the role of Project Manager in one of the teams; working on projects with budgets ranging from $100k to $500k. Included identifying requirements, defining specifications, eliciting acceptance criteria, developing project roadmaps and managing the delivery of projects using the Scrum framework in the financial services, education, e-commerce, broadcast infrastructure and logistics sectors.
AgileScrumproject managementAgile Project ManagementSoftware Development

Apple

3 roles

Technical Specialist

Nov 2016Jun 2017 · 7 mos

Quality Assurance Tester

Jun 2016Jul 2016 · 1 mo

Specialist

Oct 2014Nov 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo

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