Matthew Basset
Director, Software Development (Procurement & Inventory) at Technical Advisor (Self-Employed)
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMatthew Basset is a seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of experience building and scaling product engineering organizations across startups and enterprise environments. Currently directing Procurement & Inventory engineering at Workday, he leads 70+ engineers and manages a $20M+ operating budget for core supply chain products that serve Global 2000 customers. He has deep expertise in M&A integration—having led Scout RFP’s integration post-acquisition and guided Quandl through Nasdaq acquisition readiness—delivering zero data loss and full talent retention during transitions. Known for converting monoliths to microservices, modernizing cloud infrastructure, and shipping high-impact initiatives rapidly, he blends strategic portfolio leadership with hands-on technical judgment. Based in Toronto, he also advises early-stage founders on organizational design and technical due diligence, helping prevent technical debt during hypergrowth. A pragmatic operator who scales teams across borders, he pairs product-focused delivery with an eye for operational resilience.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science with Honours Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science with Honours Computer Science at University of Toronto
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Github Skills (72)
addin10
python10
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excel10
quandl10
udf10
addon10
cancancan9
abort9
thor9
openxml9
newrelic9
r-package9
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
quandl/quandl-ruby
Jul 2015 - Apr 2018
Contributions:4 commits, 5 PRs, 36 pushes in 2 years 8 months
quandl/quandl-config
Jul 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:3 commits, 6 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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