Summary
Matthew Badgley is a seasoned consultant, facilitator, trainer, and coach with 13+ years in product management, lean-agile practices, and human-centered design, backed by decades of hands-on technology leadership. He partners with leaders and teams to define what “awesome” looks like, translate strategy into measurable capabilities, and run pragmatic continuous-improvement cycles that blend coaching, training, and doing. Matthew’s career spans enterprise roles where he led product and engineering organizations, scaled services, and delivered measurable outcomes—like a touchscreen production reporting system that saved 24k hours/year and major improvements in escaped defects and service attach rates. Comfortable jumping into technical work when needed, he combines technical acumen with business empathy to solve domain problems and improve flow and quality. A coaching kata evangelist and #suckless proponent, he emphasizes deliberate practice and retrospectives as levers for lasting change. Based in Ellijay, GA, he currently consults through BluHound Solutions to help stuck teams and leaders turn challenges into sustained results.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BBA, MIS, BBA, MIS at Parker College of Business-Georgia Southern University