Jason Low

Solid Consulting

I work with ambitious founders and executives to turn bold ideas into scalable, beautifully executed realities - faster. From deep user insight to rapid delivery, I bring a rare mix of design thinking, manufacturing knowledge and innovation strategy to the table. Whether you're building your next big thing or accelerating what you've already started, I’ll help you get there smarter, sooner, and with fewer wrong turns. Let's connect to explore if my skills, experience and network will help accelerate your business.

I have had a broad career by design, and I am passionate about start ups and technology.

  • Executive & R&D Leadership: Senior roles scaling high-performing R&D and innovation teams across multiple companies.

  • End-to-End Manufacturing Expertise: Career-long experience designing for a wide range of products across different manufacturing methods.

  • High-Growth Start up Impact: Led factory design, operations, and international expansion. Worked for three of the UK’s fastest-growing start ups.

  • Global Project Delivery: Spearheaded major factory builds in the UK and US, scaling complex product lines.

  • Project Execution Excellence: Delivered robust development and launch plans for technically complex, cross-functional projects.

  • Capital & Commercial Strategy: Lead a $1.5m pre-seed raise, built board packs, pitch decks and investor data rooms etc.

  • Ecosystem Connector: Deeply connected across the start up, investor, grants, and trade agency networks.

  • Global Market Insight: Worked across multiple countries, conducted customer testing, and market insights in both NZ and overseas.

  • Advanced Testing Programs: Designed and led BETA Testing Programs and High Accelerated Life Testing Programs.

Focus

I am interested in fractional roles in start ups as a CTO/COO/CPO of similar roles. I am looking for either 2x 2 day a week roles or a 4 day a week role.

My ideal company is one that is developing a physical technology/product.

My 2 sweet spots in terms of start up experience are:

    • Early stage - defining a commercialisation strategy, R&D, product development, obtaining product market fit, conducting customer empathy research, road mapping, capital raising, overseeing operations.
    • Series A and Beyond - building roadmaps and detailed project plans, growing and leading a great team, overseeing product development, factory design, optimisation, expanding into new countries, scaling manufacturing/operations, expanding product range etc.

Services

CTO

Or a similar type of role. Fractional 2-4 days per week.

This depends on opportunity, amount of days per week, length of contract, ESOP etc. Lets have a no-obligation chat to explore and see if its a good fit for both of us.

COO

Or a similar type of role. Fractional 2-4 days per week.

This depends on opportunity, amount of days per week, length of contract, ESOP etc. Lets have a no-obligation chat to explore and see if its a good fit for both of us.

CPO

Or a similar type of role. Fractional 2-4 days per week.

This depends on opportunity, amount of days per week, length of contract, ESOP etc. Lets have a no-obligation chat to explore and see if its a good fit for both of us.