Matt Moderwell
Founding Engineer at Ouro
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolMatt Moderwell is a founder and engineer with 10 years of experience building production ML and data systems, now leading Ouro to democratize scientific discovery by pairing humans and AI. He has a strong product-to-production track record from roles at Nousot and Meta, where he built forecasting platforms and internal tools that saved data teams days of work. His research blends machine learning with DFT to tackle materials challenges like rare-earth-free permanent magnets, reflecting a rare mix of applied research and pragmatic engineering. A former Northwestern student-athlete, he combines discipline from competitive sports with a talent for turning complex technical problems into accessible tools and income opportunities for domain experts.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Lake Forest High SchoolBachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science at Northwestern University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (41)
javascript10
open-source10
preprocessing9
firebase9
forecast8
auth8
database8
time-series-forecasting8
forecasting8
feature-engineering8
postgresql7
responsive7
automl7
css7
time-series7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ourofoundation/ouro-py
Feb 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:39 releases, 70 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
ourofoundation/ouro-js
Feb 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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