Chris Adams

Founder & CTO of ApprovIQ. AI Engineer motivated by the power of technology to improve lives.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

About

Entrepreneur. AI engineering leader. Former staff-level software eng leader. Founder & CTO of ApprovIQ. I write all the code, make all the technical decisions, and run all the systems. I consult on occasion via AI Trix, teaching businesses and individuals how to use the latest AI tools and systems to achieve their goals. If you're a software engineer and want to level up your dev process, book a strategy call: https://cal.com/cadamsdotcom/free-strategy-call

Experience

  • Founder & CTO at ApprovIQ
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    Australia has a housing crisis. Getting approval for construction projects is complex with lots of back and forth. We are here to help. Our products streamline operations of private certifiers and building surveyors - currently, all over Australia. Our first product, also called ApprovIQ, is a web based SaaS tool which helps private certifiers and building surveyors manage core parts of their approval process. It streamlines client communication, approver review, delivery of approval results, and archiving of artifacts. With my 21+ years of software experience, I am co-founder and CTO at ApprovIQ. My role is to make all technical decisions, write all the code, and run all the systems. I am tech lead, VP Eng, agentic coding expert, and lead a huge mix of sync and async coding agents. Sometimes they need a nudge to do their work, so maybe I'm an agentic counsellor too? As I write this, we're early. We're bootstrapping because we truly believe we can win in the marketplace by keeping costs low, and a focus on serving our customers and theirs.

  • Founder at AI Trix Consulting
    Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

    AI Trix helps businesses & professionals add AI to their work to gain efficiency. We help you take advantage of the AI boom. We offer consultancy, product development, and education. We can upskill your team, spec out solutions, and show you how you can use AI to improve your productivity and your business.

  • Software Engineer, Infra & SRE at RevenueCat
    Jul 2022 - Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Staff backend engineer. Infra & SRE for a mobile payments company with over 90% marketshare. Tech lead on multiple complex backend data migrations. Implemented incident management and review process.

  • Engineering Manager, SRE at Canva
    Apr 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Building and leading Canva’s Reliability Engineering function, so Canva can be available, for everyone who needs it, when they need it. A return to my passion for SRE.

  • Software Engineer, contract, part time at Darwinium
    Dec 2021 - May 2022 · 6 mos