Matthew Mazur

Founder and Data Consultant

Matthew Mazur is a software entrepreneur and analytics consultant, best known as the founder of Preceden, a SaaS timeline maker and roadmapping tool. He started developing Preceden in late 2009 and has been focusing on it full-time since September 2018. The tool is designed to help users visualize complex timelines easily.1 2

In addition to his work with Preceden, Mazur is also the founder of Alden Analytics, a consulting business that assists SaaS companies in leveraging data for growth. His experience includes serving as the data lead at Help Scout, where he worked on various analytical projects to improve business performance using data-driven insights.1 2

Before entering the tech industry, Mazur served in the United States Air Force for over nine years. He attended the United States Air Force Academy and held various leadership roles, including project manager for Air Operations Centers and director of communications for Air Force Special Operations in Iraq.1 2

Mazur resides in Cary, North Carolina, with his family and continues to be involved in software development and analytics consulting.2

Highlights

Nov 13 · twitter

Lovely email from a comp sci undergrad who stumbled across Emergent Mind. Makes my day getting emails like this 🌈 https://t.co/kbgGKLSDIm

Nov 7 · twitter

Currently have two Ruby scripts running:

First one is downloading the arXiv PDF dataset from GCP to a 2 terabyte external hard drive.

Second one is uploading just the computer science PDFs from that external hard drive to Azure storage for eventual incorporation in Emergent Mind (for chat with papers, synthesis, and more).

Probably going to buy a 14 terabyte hard drive off Amazon (<$200 these days) so I can just grab the entire arXiv data set that also includes source data and HTML. I'll need it anyway just to download all the PDFs, unless I delete them after they get uploaded to Azure.

In related news, my kids have been complaining that the internet is really slow 😂

Currently have two Ruby scripts running:

First one is downloading the arXiv PDF dataset from GCP t

Experience

Founder at Preceden and Alden Analytics

Data Lead / Consultant at Help Scout (March 2017 - Present), Various roles at Automattic including Marketing Engineering Lead, Analytics Team Lead, and Domains Team Lead (2013 - 2017), Multiple roles in the United States Air Force including Project Manager and Director of Communications (2003 - 2012)