Matthew Baird

Outstanding engineering and product leader with over 20 years of start-up and top 10 public company experience.

3X successful startup founder, including AtScale, the leading big data analytics, and data virtualization company.

A regular speaker at major big data events, including Strata, Big Data World, Open Data Science, AI, and Big Data Innovation Summit, Big Data World, TheCube, Data Day.

Multiple patent holder in the field of Big Data and Analytics.

An accomplished author of successful print books and online content. Avid listener, a direct and expressive communicator, with an ability to explain deep technology to stakeholders building strong relationships across the business and beyond.

Leading voice for diversity and inclusion on the teams I support.

Why did I do all this?

Data-driven decisions are at the heart of modern enterprises. I have spent the entirety of my career building data platforms and applications that allow people to make data-driven decisions for the purpose of Digital Transformation. I enjoy building software in fields that involve human behavior, big data, and machine learning/prediction.

I enjoy building nimble, innovative product development teams that outperform the competition.

I am very hands-on with experience in both enterprise and consumer internet. I've accumulated a considerable amount of experience with Open Source software, both from the technical point of view, practical use, and legal issues associated with larger software vendors.

I have decades of experience running large complex global teams on software projects from both the engineering and product management side. My teams regularly give me feedback that the teams we've built are the highest performing teams they've ever been on.

I have a strong executive presence and am the go-to executive sponsor for interfacing with customers and prospects to support client implementations, sales, and customer success.

I am particularly well suited for both new development and situations requiring fundamental changes to optimize innovation and throughput on an existing team.

In short, I am a quick learning problem solver who loves building teams that build phenomenal software that delights customers.

Specialties: Big Data. Enterprise cloud-based SaaS, people & team leadership, organization & process design. Continuous Deployment: Predictive/adaptive real time analytics. Lean startup/Agile & Customer Development.