Matt Coatney
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Waynesville, United States
Toptal member since September 8, 2022
Matt is a seasoned C-level product executive with over 25 years of diverse experience. He led, architected, built, and launched many successful software and services products in various industries, including technology, life sciences, law, finance, publishing, government, and manufacturing. Experienced in leading teams, Matt worked with some of the most renowned organizations in the world, such as Microsoft, IBM, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pfizer, Deloitte, and HP.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Product Management
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- CTO
- Digital Transformation
- Machine Learning
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- Security
- Software Development
Work Experience
Chief Information Officer
Thompson Hine
- Led a technology strategy, analytics, engineering efforts, software development, operations, project management, help desk, cybersecurity, governance, litigation support, and library services for an innovative, large law firm.
- Managed a team of more than 60 professionals across eight offices and a combined operational and project budget of over $15 million.
- Drove major strategic initiatives and product launches, including the future of work perspectives: hybrid and remote work, business development, staffing, and technology.
- Participated in projects related to AI, legal project management, financial analysis, document assembly, workflow, and mobile apps.
Chief Technology Officer
HBR Consulting
- Led a technology strategy, architecture, engineering processes, and operations for a leading managed services provider for law firms.
- Contributed to 5x growth ($30 to $150 million) over a three-year period as a member of the senior leadership team.
- Turned around an ailing acquired division, creating a culture of transformation and change. Mentored other executives in the organization, returning the business to profitability and sustainable growth and integrating it into the new parent company.
- Served as a strategic CIO and CISO advisor for IT, cloud, AI, hosting, and cybersecurity initiatives to the top hundred law firms.
- Spearheaded global preparedness and response to COVID-19, including people, facilities, clients, and supply chain.
Vice President, Professional Services
Exaptive
- Grew a team three times and increased services revenue from $600,000 to over $2 million in 18 months, bringing the total company revenue to $5 million.
- Advised on startup's growth aspects, including people, processes, technology, sales, marketing, funding, and equity.
- Built a healthcare network interactive visual map for consumers to easily identify providers with specific areas of expertise.
- Developed an interactive data visualization application for a large university that analyzes academic research and extracts and clusters key concepts into themes, visualizing the results in a 3D word cloud.
- Created an interactive geospatial application for a prestigious university that maps global mineral deposits and allows researchers to quickly narrow down inquiries based on key criteria.
- Built various other applications, including data visualization tools for an IoT company in the trucking industry, molecular analysis solutions in life sciences, and demographics and policy implications for malnutrition for a large NGO.
Director, Business Relationships
WilmerHale
- Oversaw a product strategy for an initiatives portfolio in cloud, mobile, analytics, search, security, and workflow worth $10 million per year, delivering new capabilities to 2,500 employees in three continents and reducing operational costs by 25%.
- Led procurement, contracting, and the delivery and adoption of a dozen new mobile apps. Participated in migrating multiple applications to cloud providers, developing a new website and extranet, and transforming finance and reporting systems.
- Collaborated with peers in information security, records management, and infrastructure to develop, communicate, and execute a strategy for content digitization, search, cloud storage, and mobile access, delivering $3 million in savings.
- Managed and developed communications, change management, and leadership training efforts for CIO and IT departments.
- Led a team of executives and developed key relationships with internal and technology partner C-suite executives.
Director, Architecture and Integration
LexisNexis
- Architected, developed, and launched a $5 million portfolio of AI and analytics products for large law firms and other research organizations. Co-managed P&L and served as a chief architect, product strategy, and technology officer.
- Managed HR, operations, and budget. Oversaw development, professional services, and customer service teams.
- Led strategic technology partnerships, negotiating, securing, and maintaining vital relationships with many organizations, including Vivisimo, FAST, Recommind, HP, and Microsoft.
- Served as a strategic advisor to the top 100 law firm CIOs and law library directors for content and analytics initiatives.
Senior Consultant
Deloitte (formerly BearingPoint)
- Led technical operations, engineering processes, and professional services for $20 million air force and $6 million energy sector programs.
- Directed business development efforts for major program proposals, securing $2 million in new and expanded businesses.
- Architected and developed web-based financial analytics and reporting software for predicting operational costs.
Software Engineer
Leadscope (now Instem)
- Built and developed scalable chemical data mining software for global pharmaceutical companies, public research institutions, and government agencies to accelerate drug and toxicity research ten to 100 times.
- Led the startup's visualization and data mining projects.
- Advised on the product roadmap, features, marketing, and sales.
Project History
Fractional CTO for Multiple Startups
Served as part-time/fractional CTO and technical advisor for startups, including robotic drone and AI imaging software for subterranean city inspections and AI-based management consulting software.
Led onshore and offshore development teams building prototypes and minimum viable products (MVPs) for multiple startups. Developed and refined technology architecture, design, and wireframes. Advised on startup foundation, growth, funding/equity, and product management.
Air Force Financial Management Software
Acted as the technical lead, chief architect, data scientist, and full-stack developer for a $20M+ Air Force program developing next-generation financial management software.
The Air Force Financial Management system is an advanced web-based ERP custom-built for managing assets and repair needs. The software included repair cost forecasting, budgeting, accounting, and asset management capabilities.
Lexis Search Advantage
https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/search-advantage.pageLed and co-created the architecture, design, development, launch, and sales support of a multi-million dollar search and analytics web application for large law firms. Consulted on B2B marketing strategy and tactics, increasing revenue by five times.
Lexis Search Advantage is an enterprise search and analytics solution that integrates with and ingests content from law firms’ internal repositories. It combines results seamlessly with LexisNexis’s rich proprietary content database, applying additional analytics to indexed documents, including citation, entity recognition, and document classification.
The product has remained a successful part of the company’s core product portfolio since we introduced it 15 years ago, with extra investment during and after my tenure.
Leadscope
Developed user interface and machine learning algorithms, powering an advanced bioinformatics software application that quickly assists pharmaceutical scientists and toxicologists in finding new, safe drug candidates.
Leadscope was one of the first applications using advanced machine learning and data visualization for a significant scientific problem on a commercial scale.
As a core member of a high-growth startup development team, I created customized key features for the app. I also helped run the product lifecycle, from customer discovery through design, development, testing, launch, marketing, and sales support.
The Osher Collaborative Network Map
Led the discovery, design, development, and launch of a network data visualization tool to assist clinicians and healthcare consumers locate leading providers with specific expertise.
The Osher Collaborative Network Map is a tool that leverages data from an extensive healthcare network’s database of clinicians and providers. The tool presents information in a novel, interactive way, more accessible and engaging than a traditional list of results.
We worked closely with our stakeholders over numerous scrum sprints to design and build the application.
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
The Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio
Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry
The Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio
Skills
Tools
Jira, Slack, Zoom, Git, IBM Watson, Microsoft Project, Trello, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, SAS
Paradigms
Change Management, Agile, Agile Product Management, Database Design, Agile Project Management, Quantitative Research, Requirements Analysis, Scrum, Rapid Prototyping, User Testing
Platforms
SharePoint
Other
Programming, Architecture, IT Product Management, Data, Databases, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Product Management, Java, IT Management, Management, Team Leadership, Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Communication, Communication Strategy, Organizational Change Management (OCM), Change Leadership, Organizational Design, Organizational Strategy, Lean Project Management, Requirements, Python, Data Visualization, Search Engines, Text Mining, SQL, Project Management, Portfolio Management, Budgeting, Budget Management, Annual Budgets, CAPEX Budgeting & Inventory Management, Project Budget Management, System Integration, API Integration, Data Integration, APIs, API Development, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Development, Prototyping, Cluster Analysis, Text Analytics, Consulting, Business Consulting, IT Consulting, Management Consulting, Technology Consulting, Data Reporting, Contract Review, Statement of Work, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Product Discovery, Product Roadmaps, Use Cases, Web Applications, Design, User Interface (UI), Graphical User Interface (GUI), Product Strategy Consultant, Product Strategy, CTO, CIO, Product Development, Strategy, IT Strategy, New Products, Digital Transformation, Cost Estimation, Estimation & Planning, Financial Modeling, New Product Development, Mentorship, Mentorship & Coaching, Project Consultancy, Data-driven Dashboards, Web, Software, Distributed Team Management, Technical Product Management, Webex, Code Architecture, Web Development, Biochemistry, Life Science, Statistics, Statistical Data Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, Innovation, Security, IT Security, Security Design, Security Audits, Compliance, SOC Compliance, Outsourcing, Managed Services, Managed Service Providers (MSP), Data Centers, Data Center Migration, IT Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, Networking, IT Service Management (ITSM), IT Service Delivery, IT Field Service, Jira Administration, JavaScript, Elasticsearch, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Budget Modeling, Expense Reduction, Cost Reduction & Optimization (Cost-down), Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Search Engine Development, Document Management Systems (DMS), Government Contracting, Business to Government (B2G), UI Development, Bioinformatics, Contract, Contract Negotiation, Contract Drafting, Feature Backlog Prioritization, User Experience (UX), Mobile Apps, Fintech, Wireframing, UX Wireframes, UX Design, User Feedback, Qualitative Research, Digital Product Management, Digital Project Management, Agile Leadership, Cybersecurity, B2B, Project Planning, Project Timelines, User Stories, Web & Mobile Applications, Business Strategy, Solution Architecture, Business Models, Business Planning, Startups, Early-stage Startups, Growth, Growth Strategy, Product Launch, Marketing Strategy, Digital Marketing Strategy, Market Research & Analysis, Go-to-market (GTM) Strategy, Monetization Models, Product Design, Lean Product Manager, Lean Product Management, User Validation, Feature Roadmaps, Product Coach, Backlog Management, Feature Prioritization, MVP Design, Product Growth, Sales, Social Media, Social Networks, Startup Funding, Talent Management, Web Design, Product Requirements Documentation (PRD), User Requirements, Hardware, Project Scoping, Revenue Strategy, Business Plan Consulting, Performance Analysis, Website Performance, Microsoft Teams, Infrastructure, Quantitative User Research, Inventory Management Systems, Growth Hacking, Healthcare IT, Monitoring, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Learning Management Systems (LMS), Video Streaming
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