ion consulting

Case Studies

A sampling of the work I've led spanning technical strategy, engineering leadership, and human-centered performance systems. Some details are anonymized, but all are rooted in direct, high-impact delivery.

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ion consulting2023 - Present

Fractional Technical Leadership

Through ion Consulting, I've served as consulting CTO, CPO, engineering director, and advisor to early-stage and scaling teams, providing interim leadership and hands-on technical contributions when needed.

Key Outcomes

  • Interim product and engineering leadership for multiple startups
  • Direct code contributions in Python, React, and Next.js
  • Roadmap advising and platform architecture design
  • Founder coaching and executive team development
move fly soar2023 - Present

Human Performance Systems

Through Move Fly Soar, I've helped athletes from first-time half marathoners to national-level swimmers return from injury and achieve personal bests, integrating technology, physiology, and mental resilience.

Key Outcomes

  • Force plate and oxygenation diagnostics for performance optimization
  • BFR and tissue recovery protocols for return-to-play
  • Athlete tracking, coaching, and mental resilience building
  • Systematic approach to human and technical performance systems
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Color Health2021 - 2022

Health Platform Transformation

As Director of Engineering at Color Health, I restructured the platform organization for scale and regulatory rigor during pandemic-driven growth, enabling rapid deployment of COVID testing and vaccination solutions.

Key Outcomes

  • Introduced first-line management and roadmap planning culture
  • Led interim CISO duties supporting SOC2, ISO27001, and HIPAA compliance
  • Developed security and incident response policies
  • Built external relationships to accelerate state-level partner approvals
Matt at Color Health
Uber Advanced Technologies Group2015 - 2021

First Self-Driven Mile on Public Roads

As Head of Autonomy Product and later Engineering Security at Uber ATG, I helped launch one of the world's first fully autonomous miles on public roads, making Uber the second commercial team globally to achieve this milestone.

Key Outcomes

  • Defined system requirements, operational concepts, and vehicle performance specs
  • Built stakeholder relationships from mayors to governors for regulatory approval
  • Established first security practices and simplified IP/export compliance
  • Drove telco partnerships for next-gen 5G infrastructure alignment
Matt in the early Uber self-driving vehicle
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Twitter2010 - 2015

Exponential Platform Scale

As Chief of Staff to Platform Engineering, I collaborated with the VP and 500+ engineering team to scale Twitter from 1K to 150K tweets per second and over 3 million requests per second during explosive growth.

Key Outcomes

  • Led separation of monolith into hundreds of microservices
  • Achieved 4x cost reduction on public edge while scaling traffic
  • Defined product roadmaps to reduce tech debt and support iteration
  • Coordinated crisis-level incident response and organizational delivery

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