Matthew Congrove
Technical founder with a background spanning engineering, product, and design. I’ve led teams, built products from scratch, and am currently a co-founder of The Agent Company, building AI that works for your business.
Work
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Responsibilities span engineering, product, design, marketing, finance, HR, operations, and company strategy. Created the Agent Company brand and have played a hands-on role in both product development and the broader work of building the company from the ground up. Focus areas include product experience, frontend architecture, technical execution, internal operations, and cross-functional decision-making. Formerly known as Agentuity.
About this company
Back-office AI automation for small and midsize businesses in the trades, with AI agents that prepare quotes and estimates, enter orders and follow up on accounts. Built to work inside the software each business already uses.
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Led engineering across six teams and 25+ engineers, with responsibility for team planning, hiring, budgeting, technical execution, and cross-functional delivery. Focused on frontend architecture, engineering systems, developer velocity, and product quality, including shared UI infrastructure and platform standardization. Also owned development of Shopmonkey’s marketing web properties and worked closely across engineering, product, design, and marketing.
About this company
Cloud-based shop management platform for auto repair shops, covering scheduling, parts ordering, inventory, vehicle inspections, customer messaging and payments. Used by thousands of shops across the U.S. and Canada.
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Worked across Product and Marketing as both a designer and developer, with primary responsibility for product UI/UX. Designed and shipped user-facing product features, including Allstacks’ industry benchmarking and R&D tax credit products. Led the company’s visual rebrand, including the new logo and supporting brand system, and produced design and development work across product and marketing.
About this company
Software engineering intelligence platform that pulls in data from tools like Jira and GitHub to forecast delivery and flag at-risk projects and bottlenecks. Designed to connect engineering work to business outcomes.
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Led UI/UX design across the product, working with leadership and customers to turn product strategy and requirements into clear, cohesive experiences. Owned the company’s brand and marketing design, and previously managed the frontend team responsible for application and web development. Worked across product, design, engineering, and marketing.
About this company
Analytics platform for software engineering teams, measuring delivery performance and predicting outcomes from data in tools like Jira, GitHub and Bitbucket. Built to give engineering leaders the kind of visibility sales teams get from a CRM.
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Worked on Axway’s R&D team following the acquisition of Appcelerator, building mobile demos, reference applications, and code samples for iOS and Android. Also worked directly with customers on architecture, implementation, and product use cases, bridging product development, technical enablement, and customer needs.
About this company
Enterprise software for API management, integration and secure data exchange. Used by thousands of large organizations to move and protect data between their systems.
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Developed, designed, and architected iOS and Android applications for customers including EMC, Denso, First Utility, NBCUniversal, Deloitte, and GameStop. Started on the Professional Services team as a Senior Mobile Consultant before moving into Solutions Architecture and Customer Advisory. Also designed and built Appcelerator’s online video training platform.
About this company
Mobile app development platform and creator of Titanium, an open-source framework for building native iOS and Android apps from a single JavaScript codebase. Powered apps on hundreds of millions of devices for enterprise customers.
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Worked on the Professional Services team, building custom web and mobile experiences on Brightcove’s video platform for customers including BBC America, MTV, The New York Times, Oracle, Reebok, Universal Music, and The Weather Channel. Also created an internal open source initiative and developed SDKs and developer tools used across the Brightcove ecosystem.
About this company
Online video platform for media companies, brands and enterprises to publish, distribute and monetize video across web and mobile. Trusted by major publishers and broadcasters to run video at scale.
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Served on the original team that built Svpply, a social shopping platform later acquired by eBay. Focused primarily on frontend and product development, including the core website and browser bookmarklet used to save products from across the web.
About this company
Social shopping site for saving products from stores across the web into curated collections. Built around discovering new items through people with similar taste.
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Founding engineer at Unbound Commerce, a mobile retail platform. Built the initial product and company brand, and developed mobile commerce experiences for customers including Moosejaw and the New England Patriots.
About this company
Mobile commerce platform for retailers, launched in 2008 as one of the first ways to sell on mobile phones. Later focused on custom iOS and Android shopping apps for retailers and wholesale distributors.
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Worked on the Professional Services team, developing a rapid-deployment system for mobile websites built on Joomla. Used the platform to launch mobile products for CBS News and CBS Sports, with a focus on reusable architecture and faster customer deployments.
About this company
Mobile guide to local movies, events, restaurants and directions, offered to customers by U.S. wireless carriers like T-Mobile and Verizon. Also the engine behind mobile sites for major publishers, including CBS's 2008 election coverage.
Volunteerism
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National Brand Manager for Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force auxiliary, responsible for brand strategy, visual identity, standards, and creative direction across the organization. Helped develop CAP’s Marketing and Communications program, served on the working group that updated national Public Affairs regulations, and supported major national communications initiatives. Previously served in command, public affairs, and IT leadership roles at squadron, group, wing, and national levels. Lieutenant Colonel and National Staff College graduate, Master-rated in both Public Affairs and Administration, four-time Wing Public Affairs Officer of the Year, Volunteer University faculty member, and recipient of Gill Robb Wilson Award #3,885.
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Tech
- NASA Future-Scaping Our Skies Challenge Second Place · 2021
- XPRIZE Big Ocean Challenge Winner · 2018
- South Florida Hackathon Winner · 2016
- Pebble + XDA Developer Challenge Finalist · 2014
- NASA Int'l Space Apps Challenge Honorable Mention · 2013
- Pebble UI Design Contest Winner · 2013
- Boston.com Hack Day Challenge Third Place · 2011
Other
- Public Affairs Officer of the Year Texas Wing, Civil Air Patrol · 2017
- Public Affairs Officer of the Year Texas Wing, Civil Air Patrol · 2016
- Balsem Award for Public Affairs Civil Air Patrol · 2016
- Award of Excellence for Public Affairs Civil Air Patrol · 2016
- Public Affairs Officer of the Year Texas Wing, Civil Air Patrol · 2015
- Balsem Award for Public Affairs Civil Air Patrol · 2015
- Award of Excellence for Public Affairs Civil Air Patrol · 2015
- Public Affairs Officer of the Year Group 4, Florida Wing, Civil Air Patrol · 2007
- Public Affairs Officer of the Year Florida Wing, Civil Air Patrol · 2006