Matt Burgess

Matt Burgess is the Director of Software Engineering at Malwarebytes, based in Santa Clara, California.1 He has been in this role since August 2020 and is responsible for:

1. Directing a multi-million dollar budget
2. Managing a department of 29 people, including engineering managers, QA managers, product managers, software engineers, QA engineers, and international contractors
3. Achieving a 92% team completion rate of aggressive goals using the OKR methodology
4. Participating in annual operating planning with executives
5. Overseeing projects from conception to implementation
6. Architecting and developing front-end and back-end systems
7. Ensuring timely releases and well-tested features
8. Providing guidance on technical issues
9. Coaching and advocating for engineering best practices

Prior to his role at Malwarebytes, Matt held positions as:

• Senior Software Engineer Development Manager at Priority Payment Systems (2018-2020)
• Senior Web Application Developer, Leadership Development Program Manager & Agile Scrum Lead at North Point Ministries, Inc. (2010-2016)
• Technology Director at Classical Conversations (2008-2009)
• Software Engineer at Virtual Premise (2006-2008)
• Software Developer at SnagAJob.com (2005-2006)

Matt Burgess is based in Alpharetta, Georgia, and has over 2,000 followers on LinkedIn.1