Matt Black Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Greater Boston Area

* Responsible for leading the day-to-day execution of multiple scrum teams owning Third Party Integrations, Data Engineering & ML OPS, and Financial Operations ( $2.5M+/day) * Achieved 95% retention by fostering a trusting and inclusive engineering culture focused on high performance, career development, and opportunities for mentorship and learning* Coach and mentor managers, leads, and individual contributors for high performance and career growth; Implemented new career ladders with a clear definition of roles and responsibilities, resulting in increased team satisfaction (eNPS +15)* Spearheaded the creation and enhancement of key performance indicators (KPIs) for engineering, elevating team performance and project outcomes.* Enhanced Forward's risk pricing efficiency by developing an AI/ML-driven engineering strategy, reducing manual touchpoints by 40% which resulted in a 20% increase in revenue* Implemented a comprehensive resource allocation tool, optimizing budget, time, and OKRs for enhanced efficiency and strategic alignment.* Led the design and execution of a strategic architectural shift from monolith to microservices, directly aligning with business objectives to increase time-to-market by 50% and stability by 140%.* Fostered a culture of learning and development through the implementation of monthly development days, access to online training, and regular campfire talks between engineers

Greater Boston Area

* Scaled the engineering team by 275%, from 8 to 30 including both individual contributors and managers through the creation and execution of a strategic hiring plan* Drove the adoption of Golang and Typescript, achieving a 30% stability increase and an 80% performance boost in essential technical operations* Cut engineer QA testing time in half by designing and building a bespoke end-to-end API testing application* Led the design and implementation of Data Model Refactor across multiple services, including data migration of more than 10 million records between databases* Led the design and implementation of a massive refactor of the Integration paradigm between several proprietary services and Salesforce CRM into an Event-Based streaming paradigm* Led the design and implementation of a new consolidated Frontend User Experience and served as SME for Typescript and React

Boston, Ma

* Developed a bi-directional Payroll integration with Paylocity, significantly boosting customer adoption of the Maxwell platform* Created a specialized temporal payroll datastore with CQRS and Event-Sourcing, enabling customers to manage concurrent current, past, and future salary* Enhanced the scrum team's capabilities in React/Frontend development by providing expert mentorship in best practices as a React/Typescript SME

Fayetteville, Arkansas Area

* Supported company strategic goals by leading the design and implementation of a microservice architecture for point of sale, dropship, and warehouse eCommerce, leading to a tenfold increase in annual revenue* Designed and developed a bespoke algorithm for searching, matching, and analyzing Amazon marketplace listings, generating an additional $250,000 in annual revenue* Expanded the technical team 8-fold, including software engineers, data engineers, and analysts, via a comprehensive and rigorous hiring framework* Led the design and implementation of proprietary accounting software for automating the reconciliation of hundreds of daily drop-ship invoices* Led the design and implementation of an inventory data processing application responsible for processing and managing inventory levels of more than a million SKUs per day

Lowell, Ar

* Developed a custom SQL reporting and analytical framework that cut intermodal transportation costs by more than $3 million per year* Saved over $1 million annually in intermodal transportation costs by creating a custom algorithm for identification and routing empty shipping containers

Lowell, Ar

* Reduced the time required to identify empty routing containers by 80% through the development of an automation algorithm* Developed a custom software application that reduced time spent scheduling delivery appointments by three hours per employee, significantly lowering costs

Lowell, Arkansas, United States

* Scheduled intermodal trucking delivery appointments by phone, email, and Internet applications

Master'S Degree, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Advanced Algorithms, Design Patterns, Computer NetworksStudied Computer.

Bachelor Of Science, Business Management

Business Administration And Management, General