Product Leader Building World-Class Products & High-Performing Teams
I have spent the last 20+ years helping technology leaders and teams discover, design, build, and launch successful products that deliver value to the business and the people they serve. I’ve done this with start-ups, small technology businesses, and large enterprise organizations.
If you are looking for an experienced product leader to help you bring innovative, customer-focused products to market while fostering high-performance teams, let's talk!
Throughout my career, I’ve helped leaders and team members at…
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“Mat has a lot of expertise about product and development strategy. It’s inspiring to see someone who cares and excels at their craft!”
Hideko Tachibana - Co-Founder, Fork Equity
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“Mat provides constructive feedback, asks thoughtful questions, and overall creates a positive and professional learning environment. He's an A1 mentor!”
Michelle Yeh - Product Designer, Dvora Life
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“If you're looking for a kinda-nerdy (aren't we all?!?!), friendly convo about team-building and systems, you should talk to Mat.”
Laura Mattis - Senior Manager, Product Design
My approach is grounded in a combination of agile methodologies, data-informed decision-making, and a relentless focus on the customer experience. I believe that the best products come from high-performing teams where collaboration, accountability, and innovation thrive.
My Core Pillars
Product Excellence
I focus on delivering products that meet real customer needs while ensuring they are scalable and maintainable. From early-stage ideation to market launch, I ensure alignment with business objectives and user feedback.
High Performing Teams
I create a culture of ownership and accountability, fostering an environment where cross-functional teams can excel. I’m a firm believer in coaching and mentoring, helping team members grow while achieving business goals.
Data Informed Leadership
Leveraging data is at the core of my decision-making process. By tracking key performance metrics, I ensure product teams stay aligned with strategic goals while iterating quickly on customer feedback.
Agility & Efficiency
I help organizations implement agile frameworks that optimize the product development lifecycle. My focus is on improving processes to drive operational efficiency, reduce bottlenecks, and maximize team productivity.
Blog Posts
When it comes to work, I’m a very specific type of nerd. I like to think about, talk about, and learn about ways product teams can be more effective and efficient at capturing and delivering value. I know, really nerdy…but I love it!
We've been told over and over: Silly product maker…users don’t know what they want. (Images of Steve Jobs or Henry Ford dancing in your head yet?) In reality, people do know what they want.
Even though organizations are adopting more modern and efficient Agile software development methods (like SCRUM and Kanban), they are still having trouble delivering what customers actually want or need.
Conducting user research is the most rewarding form of uncovering and capturing actionable insights for your product and service, but crafting quality interview questions can be challenging.
It’s been a few years since my first usability testing session, but the bruises are still healing. I remember feeling shocked, slightly embarrassed and honestly a little angry during the play testing sessions I ran at a game studio.
Remote can sometimes feel like you’re a mote. Yep it’s a word; a small particle…all alone. And the seemingly never-ending-blending-together of days doesn’t help that feeling.
Get up…do the morning routine…and then interact with the pixels on a computer screen for 8–10 hours…
The only (business) resolution you need
Do you want to de-risk implementing business ideas, drive better decision making, and give your company an advantage over the competition this year? If so, there’s one resolution you need to stick to this year.
A few years ago, we ran an internal Google Design Sprint in order to gather feedback on a mobile game concept. In five days, we created a basic narrative with mood boards and playtested four playable prototypes with our target users. Here’s how we did it…