EXPERIENCE

Building useful software for real people, and empowering the teams that make it happen

Matt has spent more than twenty years building software, both as a developer and as a leader growing the teams behind it, at startups and large enterprises alike. Along the way he has worked across many business domains, from supply chain and payments to gaming and developer platforms, and found that what he enjoys most is seeing software make a real difference for the people who use it, and mentoring, teaching, and helping development teams grow.

THEMES

25+ years in technology

Experience across the whole stack: software development, infrastructure, networking, hardware, and end-user support, from small-scale to enterprise production platforms.

20+ years in software

Consumer products, internal tools, and the CI/CD, frameworks, and platforms other engineers ship on. Still hands-on: development, system design, code review.

6+ years leading teams

Large remote, international teams. Roadmaps built collaboratively with product, and team members grown, onboarded, mentored, and retained.

7+ business domains

Wide experience across supply chain and fulfillment, developer tooling and internal platforms, gaming and casino, e-commerce, mortgage, payments, personal finance, and IT.

Internal tools and libraries

Tools, frameworks, and libraries that let developers and internal users focus on what matters, efficiently drive results, and follow best practices, from warehouse and fulfillment apps to CI/CD platforms and shared frameworks.

Mentoring and education

A focus on helping others grow through mentoring, teaching, career planning, performance management, promotions, and consulting so they can do their best work and meet their own career objectives.

CURRENT MISSIONS

Undisclosed

Announcing soonStealth2026 — Present

A new mission starting in September 2026. Details once the dust settles.

ROLES

Staff Software Engineer

DeveloperRemote
Details to come.Sep 2026 — Present

Role details to come.

Folded Space Labs

foldedspacelabs.com ↗2026 — Present

An independent software studio, consulting, and professional services company. Crafting pragmatic and trustworthy software and technical solutions that respect your time and privacy.

ROLES

Founder

LeaderDeveloperRemote
2026 — Present

Everything from product direction and design to iOS, web, and backend engineering.

PREVIOUS MISSIONS

Ran the core platform team behind Hollywood Casino and theScore BET Casino online experiences, bringing three separate teams together into one cohesive organization and shipping into tightly regulated markets across the US and Canada.

HIGHLIGHTS
3 → 116 remote team members unified into one platform org
100%Retention through the reorganization
PROJECTS
Bonus Spins

Promotional free-spin awards for Hollywood Casino and theScore BET Casino.

ElixirPostgresRESTGCP
DropZone Jackpots

Progressive jackpot pools that drop across games on a schedule.

ElixirPostgresRESTGCP
Tournaments

Leaderboard tournaments that drive daily engagement.

ElixirPostgresRESTGCP
Claude Code Adoption

Pilot projects, pairing, and delivery metrics that brought AI-assisted development to every developer on the team.

Claude Code
US & Canada Expansion

Launches in new US states and Canadian provinces, compliant in each jurisdiction.

ROLES

Software Engineering Manager

LeaderRemote
Casino PlatformApr 2025 — May 2026

Led the platform team responsible for the core services and integrations behind the Hollywood Casino and theScore BET digital casino experiences.

  • Unified 16 remote developers across three teams and multiple countries into a single platform organization with a clear vision, keeping 100% retention.
  • Drove adoption of Claude Code across every developer through pilot projects, pairing, and delivery metrics, and used it to speed several key initiatives.
  • Grew daily active users by shipping engagement drivers like Bonus Spins, DropZone Jackpots, and tournament leaderboards.
  • Launched in multiple US states and Canadian provinces while keeping the platform compliant in each jurisdiction.

StockX

stockx.com ↗2019 — 2024

Five years in fulfillment as the company expanded internationally, diversified its catalog, and scaled its supply chain. First as an engineer and technical lead delivering the warehouse, printing, and transportation platforms; then as the manager who grew and led the team scaling those systems to global order volume.

HIGHLIGHTS
10 → 3 daysAverage order delivery time
−90%Product loss and shrinkage
94%Team retention over three years
−62%Canceled buyer orders
−68%Manual actions, through automation
<1sP90 warehouse print latency
PROJECTS
Flex Fulfillment ↗

Fulfillment redesigned around inventory instead of cross-docking. Delivery time from 10 days to 3.

Warehouse Management Platform (WMS)

Analysis, vendor selection, proof of concept, and a global rollout that cut shrinkage 90%.

Cloud Printing Platform

Label and document printing for every warehouse, with P90 latency under one second.

Buyer Returns ↗

Launched StockX’s first 14-day buyer return policy, with the reverse-logistics systems to receive, inspect, and restock returned items.

Buyer Order Recovery

Automatically re-pairs buyers with a new seller when an order falls through. 62% fewer cancellations.

Personal-Data Removal

Automated GDPR and CCPA data-removal requests, replacing a slow manual process.

ROLES

Software Engineering Manager

LeaderRemote
Fulfillment EngineeringFeb 2021 — Oct 2024

Led the 16-person remote team building and scaling the apps and services that fulfill every customer order worldwide, and owned its three-year product and technical roadmap alongside product leaders.

  • Cut average order delivery time from 10 days to 3 by redesigning fulfillment around inventory rather than cross-docking (the Flex program).
  • Reduced product loss and shrinkage by 90% by rolling a new warehouse-management platform out to every facility worldwide.
  • Automated 68% of unnecessary manual work with guided-workflow web apps and event-driven services; improved seller-fraud detection by 32% with predictive models.
  • Maintained 94% retention and designed onboarding that had every new hire shipping code within five days.
  • Launched express fulfillment and third-party logistics facility types for high-velocity markets, alongside the existing network of cross-dock verification centers and retail locations.
  • Enabled a new 14-day buyer return policy by building reverse-logistics capabilities: automated data-driven verification, condition grading, and disposal or resale of returned products.

Technical Experience Lead

Technical leadRemote
Fulfillment & Deliver EngineeringMay 2020 — Feb 2021

A hybrid people-and-technical role leading two teams responsible for optimizing shipments, tracking inventory, and fulfilling orders.

  • Ran the analysis, vendor selection, process design, and proof of concept that became the StockX warehouse-management platform (WMS).
  • Delivered a cloud printing platform to every warehouse, cutting P90 print latency below one second.
  • Replaced a legacy UPS integration with a new transportation-management platform, improving tracking accuracy and cutting last-mile cost by 30%.

Senior Software Engineer

DeveloperOn-site
Internal ToolsJun 2019 — May 2020

Technical lead on the cross-functional team building the internal tooling used by business and warehouse staff across the global distribution network.

  • Reduced canceled orders by 62% with an automated order-recovery system that re-pairs buyers with a new seller at no cost.
  • Built the personal-data removal tool that automated GDPR and CCPA requests, turning a slow, manual process into a fast, repeatable one.

Red Ventures

redventures.com ↗bankrate.com ↗2017 — 2019

Engineer on the Bankrate team, modernizing how one of the largest personal-finance sites was built and shipped.

PROJECTS
CMS Migration

Moved all Bankrate content to a new CMS with the strangler pattern and edge routing.

FastlyPHPJavaScriptWordPressMySQL
Financial Calculators

Rebuilt the legacy calculators and A/B tested variants to improve conversion.

Vue.jsJavaScriptTypeScript
Infrastructure as Code

Modern CI and a hybrid-cloud footprint managed in Terraform.

Terraform
ROLES

Senior Software Engineer

DeveloperOn-site
BankrateAug 2017 — Jun 2019

Developed and maintained the web applications and services behind Bankrate.com, with a focus on performance, security, and standards.

  • Designed and led the migration of all content to a new CMS using the strangler pattern and Fastly routing.
  • Rebuilt the legacy financial calculators in Vue.js, A/B tested variations, and improved conversion.
  • Introduced modern CI, moved the hybrid-cloud infrastructure to Terraform, and mentored junior engineers.

Rocket Mortgage

rocketmortgage.com ↗2013 — 2017

Four years at Rocket Mortgage, starting on the customer-facing mortgage origination product and moving to the founding team of the internal developer-experience group.

PROJECTS
HAL 9000

The internal CI, testing, deployment, and release platform used by every engineering team.

PHPJavaScriptDockerBashMuleSoft
MyQL

The Quicken Loans customer portal: documents, product selection, and application tracking.

PHPHTMLCSS
MCP Crypto

Shared encryption library for protecting sensitive application data.

PHPlibsodiumOpenSSLAES
ROLES

Senior Software Engineer

DeveloperOn-site
DevEx & Internal ToolsApr 2015 — Aug 2017

Founding member of the team that built the frameworks, libraries, and platforms other engineering teams used to develop, deploy, configure, and test software on their own.

  • Built and supported HAL 9000, the internal CI, testing, deployment, and release platform used by every engineering team.
  • Provided professional services to other engineering teams: proof-of-concept implementations, recommendations, standards, and best practices.
  • Researched and evaluated new technologies, standards, and methodologies to turn them into mature, usable libraries, tooling, and recommendations.

Software Engineer

DeveloperOn-site
Mortgage OriginationJun 2013 — Apr 2015

Built features in MyQL, the Quicken Loans customer portal, that let customers provide information, upload documents, choose a mortgage product, and track their application.

First full-time engineering role, on the PayAnywhere point-of-sale team.

PROJECTS
PayAnywhere Inside

Merchant portal for account management, transaction history, and reporting.

PHPOAuthPostgresSolr/Lucene
Unified Login Service

OAuth-based single sign-on, with merchants migrated onto it.

PHPOAuthOpenID ConnectPostgres
ROLES

Software Developer

DeveloperOn-site
PayAnywhereMar 2012 — May 2013

Owned architecture, development, and maintenance of web applications and services used by merchants and support teams.

  • Built PayAnywhere Inside, the merchant portal for account management, transaction history, and reporting.
  • Designed the OAuth-based unified login platform and migrated merchants onto it.
  • Worked directly with business stakeholders to deliver time-critical solutions in a fast-moving agile environment.
  • Protected customer data through security best practices for storing and transmitting personal and financial information.

University of Michigan

umich.edu ↗2004 — 2012

Seven years of IT infrastructure, networking, data center, support, and application development experience, across multiple departments and end-user types.

PROJECTS
Departmental Web Apps

Research and business applications for EECS faculty and staff.

EECS Checkout System

Equipment checkout and tracking for the department.

PHPSQLiteCosignLDAP
EECS Wiki Manager

Self-service provisioning and management of departmental wikis.

PHPMediaWikiCosignMySQL
ROLES

IT Consultant & Application Developer

ITDeveloperOn-site
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceSep 2006 — Mar 2012

Supported the department’s faculty, staff, and students, and built the web applications their research and business needed.

  • Planned and built web applications with faculty and staff to meet departmental business and research needs.
  • Provided software, hardware, and network support to faculty, staff, and students; diagnosed and repaired Windows, Mac, and Linux systems.
  • Trained, managed, and scheduled the department’s student employees.

Audio & Video Technician

ITOn-site
Michigan League, University UnionsNov 2005 — May 2008

Designed, set up, and ran audio and video systems for weddings, conferences, concerts, and theatrical productions.

Computer Hardware Technician

ITOn-site
CAEN, College of EngineeringSep 2004 — Apr 2006

Maintained the department computing labs and performed Dell in-warranty repairs on workstations, servers, and laptops.

Laingsburg Community Schools

laingsburg.k12.mi.us ↗2001 — 2004

Where it started: keeping a school district’s network and labs running while still in school.

ROLES

Computer Technician

ITOn-site
Nov 2001 — Aug 2004

Maintained network services and computer labs, diagnosed and repaired workstations, and provided technical support to staff and students.

EDUCATION

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

School of Engineering

B.S.E., Computer Science Engineering