Founder & Innovation Lead — Stacksy · Perth, WA

Bold ideas,
decisively built.

I'm Kristen Britz — a technologist and family man who turns ambitious ideas into software that ships. I lead strategy, design the solution, and build the product. Then I do it again.

10+
Products shipped
2
National awards (iAwards · AIM WA)
1
Studio: Stacksy
Kristen Britz holding an iAwards trophy beside a shelf of innovation awards 🏆 iAwards · AIM WA Pinnacle

About

The story behind Britzem.

Britzem blends my surname with the South African word bliksem — a crack of lightning, a jolt of energy, a spark that refuses to sit still.

It's the right name for how I work: bold innovation, decisive action, and relentless energy. I'm drawn to the messy gap between a great idea and a working product — and I love closing it. Strategy without a build is a slide deck. A build without strategy is busywork. I do both.

Based in Perth, Western Australia, I split my time between leading Stacksy and being a present husband and dad. The technology is the craft; the people are the point. Everything I build is in service of getting purpose-driven teams moving faster, with less friction and more clarity.

  • Innovation leadership
  • Product strategy
  • Full-stack delivery
  • AI & automation
  • Sustainability
  • Family first

How I work

Strategy and build,
under one roof.

  1. 01

    Lead the strategy

    Start with the outcome, not the feature list. I align the idea to a measurable result before a line of code is written.

  2. 02

    Design the solution

    Shape the smallest thing that proves the most. Clear flows, honest scope, and a path that scales when it earns the right to.

  3. 03

    Build it for real

    Hands on the keyboard. Shipped outcomes, not just projects — software built to ship and built to scale.

  4. 04

    Stay close

    I don't disappear at launch. I measure, learn, and iterate so the product keeps earning its keep.

The studio

I lead Stacksy.

Stacksy is a Perth-based innovation studio that turns ideas into measurable impact. We lead the strategy, design the solution, and build the software — no hand-offs, no agencies that code without context.

  • Virtual CIO & innovation leadership
  • Custom software, web, mobile & cloud
  • Machine learning & AI, in production
  • Advisory & digital transformation
🏆 iAwards 🏆 AIM WA Pinnacle
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Contact

Got an idea worth
building?

Tell me about it over a virtual coffee — 30 minutes, no pitch, just possibilities.