Matt Nemenman

“Matt is one of the best Engineering Leaders I have ever had the pleasure to support. As the Head of Infrastructure for Lyft's Autonomous program, Matt led multiple teams spanning everything from Cloud Infra, Data Ingestion at scale, ML infrastructure/tooling, and even full-stack mobile teams for integration with our main app. Matt hired some of the most talented engineering leads and empowered them to run their teams as they saw fit but always made sure high-level objectives were clear. The result of these efforts was a multi-faceted team made up of talented engineers who enjoyed their work and enjoyed working with each other; they also happened to be one of the most diverse teams across all of Lyft with an average tenure that far exceeded the Silicon Valley norm. Matt is one of the most thoughtful technical leaders around and I am actively looking forward to partnering with him again.”

“I would follow Matt through fire. Matt led me, and teams I managed, for 5½ years. He is the most gifted manager I've ever worked with, full stop. Matt identifies strengths in those he leads, and puts them in positions that capitalize on those strengths. This produces happy, high-performing teams. He grows his people. When someone expresses interest in trying something new, Matt puts them into a position to learn that craft. Matt communicates superbly. His written work is extremely clear, thoughtful, and concise. In conversation, his words carry calm and confidence, while encouraging discussion. Matt enters chaotic situations and leaves having catalyzed meaningful, lasting consensus. Matt has an extremely high EQ. He defuses conflict quickly and adroitly, while identifying and taking actions that substantively improve teams, products, processes, and code. Matt has extraordinary technical ability paired with keen domain understanding. He synthesizes business concerns with technical concerns at every level, from database index strategies to system architecture. Matt makes excellent decisions. Time after time, his approach to solving problems walks a fine line between speed and correctness, and he continually demonstrates acumen in finding compromises that capture the best of both. Matt's approach to people, problems, and process yields success, as has been demonstrated time after time in my years working with him. You might be fortunate enough to work with Matt one day.”