Matthew Foster
Principal Technical Consultant at InfoQ
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Foster is a Principal Technical Consultant with 11 years of experience helping enterprise clients align technology strategy with business outcomes, currently leading cross-account technical direction at ThoughtWorks from San Francisco. He combines hands-on engineering and architecture with Lean/Agile practices to deliver clean, testable systems and to coach emerging technical leaders. His background ranges from logistics and mobile-device fleets at ao.com to membership-scale platforms at The Co-op, giving him practical expertise in product-driven delivery and instrumentation-led optimisation. Comfortable engaging with C-suite stakeholders, he translates business needs into pragmatic technical roadmaps while surfacing emerging industry thinking to expand client impact. Unusually for a consultant at his level, he continues to be deeply involved in delivery details—from tech stack choices to A/B experimentation—so strategy stays grounded in execution.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at University of LiverpoolBachelor of Science (BSc) Business/Managerial Economics, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Business/Managerial Economics at Lancaster University
Github Skills (34)
gocd8
continuous-testing7
bitrise7
agile7
behavior-driven-development6
continuous-integration6
react5
continuous-delivery5
icon-pack5
continuous-deployment5
markdown5
javascript4
testing4
heroicons4
cd4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
chambois/cortex
Feb 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:38 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year
chambois/chambois.github.io
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:8 pushes in 4 days
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