Matt Fay
Principal Engineer Modeling, Simulation, And Control
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Fay is a principal engineer specializing in modeling, simulation, and control with nine years of experience building data-driven systems that translate lab science into deployable bioprocesses. He currently architects data infrastructure and develops optogenetic control algorithms at Prolific Machines to accelerate alternative proteins and reduce factory farming. Previously he led Ark Biotech’s Head of Data team building a bioprocess “copilot” that streamed global automation data, ran real-time bioreactor control, and delivered digital-twin estimators for upstream cell culture. He founded Zipline’s data team, scaling pipelines and analytics to support drone delivery operations across continents, and earlier cut his teeth on EV systems and controls at Tesla, Mission Motors, and Renovo. Comfortable across cloud platforms, real-time control, and ML-driven simulation, he combines hands-on engineering with product-minded leadership. Outside his titles, Matt’s thread through hardware, software, and wet lab control—plus a passion for animal advocacy—drives a rare cross-disciplinary ability to close the loop from sensors to adaptive biological control.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BS Engineering Physics minor in Mechanical Engineering, BS Engineering Physics minor in Mechanical Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyCorona del Mar High School
Github Skills (26)
javascript10
visualization10
bokeh10
jupyter10
data-visualisation10
ipywidgets10
pyodide10
altair10
exponential-backoff9
holoviews9
python9
browser9
google-colaboratory9
jitter9
data-visualization8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
matteosox/pysparkplug
Jul 2023 - Feb 2025
An open-source, Python implementation of Sparkplug B, an MQTT topic and payload definition standard
Contributions:3 reviews, 30 PRs, 28 pushes in 1 year 7 months
automationmanufacturingmqttsparkplug
matteosox/nba
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
NBA stats and analysis
Contributions:44 commits, 75 PRs, 86 pushes in 1 year 9 months
pythonjupyter-notebook-environmentdockernba-statsnba
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