Advisor
Matt Sly
Roll up the sleeves software entrepreneur.
I built and sold FutureMe (futureme.com) and led product dev for Amazon, Microsoft and startups (Upserve, EverTrue - both acquired).
Excited to work on something meaningful as part of a founding team.
Roll up the sleeves software entrepreneur.
I built and sold FutureMe (futureme.com) and led product dev for Amazon, Microsoft and startups (Upserve, EverTrue - both acquired).
Excited to work on something meaningful as part of a founding team.
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Experience
Exit
Founder
I originally created FutureMe as a “weekend hack”, with the first letter to the future written in 2002.
Over the next two decades it slowly but surely evolved to an... more enduring Internet brand with many millions of users around the world.
I sold FutureMe in 2021 to Memories Group Limited (detailed in the post below) and continue to lead product development.
Over the next two decades it slowly but surely evolved to an... more enduring Internet brand with many millions of users around the world.
I sold FutureMe in 2021 to Memories Group Limited (detailed in the post below) and continue to lead product development.
Exit
Principal Product Manager
I worked on helping Alexa collect feedback from her customers that would help her learn.
Vice President, Product & Engineering
EverTrue is a software-as-a-service platform that helps non-profit organizations engage constituents and unlock insights to generate fundraising ROI opportunities. EverTrue... more counts hundreds of quality educational institutions as customers, including Brown University, Williams College, Boston University, Phillips Andover, University of California Berkeley and many more.
I managed the "build" side of the company of ~25 (Engineering, Product Design, Product Management, Customer Operations), and together we delivered and improved the fundraising product suite driving high levels of customer satisfaction and consistent revenue growth.
I managed the "build" side of the company of ~25 (Engineering, Product Design, Product Management, Customer Operations), and together we delivered and improved the fundraising product suite driving high levels of customer satisfaction and consistent revenue growth.
Exit
Upserve
Vice President, Products
Swipely (now Upserve) enables local merchants to convert their existing credit card processing system into a powerful analytics and marketing platform.
I managed the... more Product and Customer Success teams (total of 15 reports), and worked closely with engineering to scope and sequence prototype, build out and iteration. In 20 months we went from 0 to 1000+ customers and over $2B in processing volume. Our product & service received a customer NPS score of 70+, and our churn rate was well below any industry peers.
I managed the... more Product and Customer Success teams (total of 15 reports), and worked closely with engineering to scope and sequence prototype, build out and iteration. In 20 months we went from 0 to 1000+ customers and over $2B in processing volume. Our product & service received a customer NPS score of 70+, and our churn rate was well below any industry peers.
Vice President, Products
BetterLesson is a educational content management platform, empowering teachers to discover, create and curate high quality curricular materials. Owner of product roadmap and... more specification development. Shipped registration redesign that lead to 30% increase in funnel conversion. 100% paid customer retention, with customer list that includes top education reform brands (KIPP, Uncommon Schools, Achievement First).
Senior Program Manager
Managed product development and strategic direction for a variety early stage, consumer oriented, web and mobile products. Publicly launched efforts in Bing Social Search,... more Bing Twitter Maps, TeamCrossword. Additional prototypes in areas of "location-based social services" (relevant patent award). Led development of multi-screen (Windows Phone +xBox) entertainment apps as part of the "Xbox SmartGlass" project. Recipient of Microsoft Gold Star awarded by Chief Architect Ray Ozzie.
Program Manager
Platform for delivering rich client software delivered as virtualized service.
Program Manager
Platform for delivering rich client software delivered as virtualized service.
Gateway Public Schools
Information Systems Manager
Start-up charter high school in San Francisco recognized as one of the top public high schools in the state. Managed technology program, including budget and student information... more systems. Served as the faculty-elected member of the school's Board of Trustees.
Eziba
Software Engineer
Start-up global crafts retailer, venture funded founded by a former member of the World Bank. I was part of a small technology team that designed and built custom perl/xml/java/oracle... more e-commerce system. I also built a custom analytics system tracking SKU selling effiicacy. Eziba was ultimately sold to Overstock.com
Employee
Advisor
Projects
Long-term goal setting for teachers, counselors and coaches
FutureMe has delivered millions of letters to the future, and our users have for a long time asked for a "premium" product to customize and share… · More with Students, Clients and Customers - hence FutureMe Pro!
Education
About
Achievements
Interviewed on NPR's weekend edition by Scott Simon
Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
Skills
Q&A
What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?
The Overstory by Richard Powers