Matt Cowan

Employment

Applied Language Understanding - April 2023 to Present

We are leveraging advances in AI along with our strong background in Atlassian products to transform the way teams use Confluence

Atlassian - June 2022 to April 2023

As Trello's first group level architect I worked with engineering leadership to define the role
Accelerated decision making by mediating discussions with stakeholders, offering advice, and empowering those closest to the problem to make the final call
Worked across a wide array of teams to get Trello integrated into the new Atlassian Together subscription bundle

Atlassian - February 2017 to June 2022

Performed technical due diligence for acquisition of Butler as well as integration work
Shipped an experimental new Trello feature as a Power-Up as part of Atlassian's "New Products Framework" / Point A
Wrote the documentation for Trello Power-Ups
Re-architected Trello's custom fields into the core API and migrated tens of millions of custom fields records to new schemas and collections without downtime
Created an embeddable Trello card, used on Dropbox Paper, Confluence, Zendesk, and across the web
Produced instructional YouTube videos
Responsible for maintaining and improving Trello's Power-Up interface, in addition to all first-party Power-Ups
Performed screening and technical interviews for candidates across levels from intern to principal

Trello - July 2015 to February 2017

Built Trello's platform team as its founding member
Drove Trello Power-Up ecosystem growth from 0 to many hundreds of thousands
Created numerous Power-Ups, such as Salesforce, Evernote, Box, for the launch of Business Class 3.0
Created the Custom Fields & Card Repeater Power-Ups in addition to helping third parties build and launch Power-Ups on Trello's Platform
Responsible for maintaining and improving Trello's Power-Up interface, in addition to all first-party Power-Ups
Wrote and maintained Trello's Slack integration, and Slack Power-Up

Microsoft - August 2013 to June 2015

Designed, spec’d, and drove to completion across various teams new Dev Center features for Windows Phone 8.1 launch such as the universal app badge, new in-app-product types, a site-wide redesign and security and accessibility compliance
Designed and prototyped the unified package rank algorithm for all Windows Store delivered package types for Windows 10 launch
Responsible for important OEM and developer scenarios such as application preinstalls, in-app-products, and existing Windows Phone packages

Microsoft - Summer 2012

Designed the process for handling reported concerns on the Windows Phone platform
Managed and coordinated implementation effort across multiple teams

Columbia College IT - Spring 2011, September 2011 to May 2012

Responsible for repairing deployed hardware and software on campus including Windows XP, Windows 7, and Microsoft Outlook
Responsible for configuring and deploying new hardware and software on campus

Goldman Sachs - Summer 2011

Created a data visualization engine in Python with matplotlib used by infrastructure teams to parse raw log files generated from test runs that allows teams to compare the results of up to twelve separate test runs in a graphical format with rich statistical data
Created a web portal for teams testing on a daily basis to have ‘glance-able’ information that is deeply linked with the much richer and denser visualizations provided by the visualization engine

Columbia University - September 2009 to May 2013

Sayville High School - September 2005 to June 2009

Awards: Valedictorian, Technology Award, Rensselaer Medal for Excellence in Math and Science, Award for exceptional interest and achievement in science by the Science Teachers Association of New York State