Product Insights for Emerging Technology

20 years in emerging tech — ex-Head of Product at Palantir, now founder of two ventures.

At Common Sense, we’re building modern agentic AI systems for local government — 100x increases in productivity across critical workflows that simplify civil service and delight citizens.

At First Principles, we help emerging tech companies generate massive value, ship faster, align teams, and unlock product-market fit or hypergrowth — through fractional product leadership and expert product coaching.

Whether it serves 10,000 users or 10 million residents, the system has to work — and keep working.

Sound like I can help you? Get in touch:

adam@firstprinciples.la or adam@commonsensetech.ai

Adam Judelson

Co-Founder & CEO @ Cydarm Technologies

Vaughan is the Co-founder and CEO of Cydarm Technologies, the leading Cybersecurity Incident Response Management (CIRM) solution. Vaughan has a PhD in Computer Science from RMIT University, where he also obtained Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Computer Systems Engineering. Vaughan is named on two patents, awarded while a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies, where he worked with National Security customers to solve complex data problems. Vaughan also has a background in Defence, having served as an Assistant Director at the Department of Defence of Australia, where he managed projects and teams. Vaughan is passionate about creating innovative and scalable solutions that protect and empower organizations and individuals from cyber threats. He values collaboration, diversity, and learning, and seeks to leverage his expertise and experience to make a positive impact in the field of cybersecurity.

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