Summary
Matt Bornski is a versatile engineering leader and entrepreneur with 15 years of experience building cloud-edge systems, developer teams, and product-driven startups. He blends hands-on software engineering in Python and Go with strategic roles as CTO, VP Engineering, and founder—shipping scalable backend systems at AppLovin, Wink, and multiple Heroic Ventures companies. Currently he splits leadership between Roberto Cipresso Wines, where he is managing partner crafting expressive Pinot Noirs, and consulting on software strategy, diligence, and implementation from San Jose. His work spans new product development (passwordless and multi-factor access control), technical due diligence, and early-stage acceleration—often pairing technical sweat equity with investment. Unusually for a senior tech leader, he recently completed formal winemaking studies and applies the same "heroic" terroir-driven philosophy to both wine and product craftsmanship.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Winemaking Certificate Viticulture and Enology, Winemaking Certificate Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Spanish, English, Portuguese