Matt Hergert
Product Management Consultant at Netkitchen
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Hergert is a product management consultant and veteran product leader with 13 years of experience building eCommerce, media, and entertainment products that balance user experience with business impact. He has led cross-functional teams through platform rebuilds, visual redesigns, and multi-million dollar launches—most recently guiding Shopify strategies for ~750 artist stores at Universal Music Group and shaping a stealth beverage company's B2C eCommerce go-to-market. Matt pairs hands-on technical fluency (HTML/CSS/JS, SQL, analytics and front-end tools) with strong program and vendor management, making him effective at translating design and engineering work into measurable outcomes. His career includes senior roles at Nexstar, Fandango, Yahoo! Music and MySpace Music where he drove commerce, advertising, and media product strategies from concept to scale. Known for shepherding complex agency relationships and distributed tech teams, he often surfaces pragmatic process improvements that accelerate delivery. Based in Seattle, he blends a sociology background with product craft to prioritize customer behavior and market fit in every roadmap.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Sociology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Sociology at San Francisco State UniversitySociology, Sociology at Miami University
Github Skills (4)
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Github contributions (5)
mhearse/asciifire
Jun 2013 - Jan 2016
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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mhearse/babal
Jan 2016 - Jan 2022
Contributions:3 pushes in 6 years 1 month
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