Summary
Matt Senate is a pragmatic technologist and worker-owner with about 15 years of experience helping organizations simplify complex initiatives across nonprofits, cooperatives, and public-sector environments. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he blends web administration and freelance information consultancy with hands-on roles in worker-owned businesses, bringing both technical chops and organizational fluency. His background in mathematics from UC Berkeley informs a systems-oriented approach to problem solving, especially around information, IP, and education policy. Matt favors horizontal, collaborative structures and has a track record of turning sprawling projects into comprehensible, actionable plans. He carries lessons from diverse environments—top-down hierarchies to do-ocracies—into practical guidance for teams and initiatives. Now focused on contributing where structure and shared ownership accelerate impact, he combines curiosity with a measured, long-term perspective.
15 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics, Focused on information, IP / tech policy, education / learning, Mathematics, Focused on information, IP / tech policy, education / learning at University of California, Berkeley