Summary
Matthew Nolan is a VP of Engineering and founder with two decades of hands-on full-stack experience, now leading architecture and product delivery for decentralized internet infrastructure from Berkeley. He blends low-level systems expertise in Linux and C++ with cloud-native AWS architecture to build bulletproof microservices, LLM-driven DEXs, NFT marketplaces and high-throughput DeFi platforms that have generated tens of millions in client value. A serial entrepreneur and early product builder, he bootstrapped a viral social app to profitability and co-founded blockchain firms that delivered NSF-backed enterprise blockchains and DAO tooling. Comfortable as both an individual contributor and engineering leader, he drives critical technical decisions, optimizes CI/CD pipelines, and routinely ships production-grade systems under SCRUM. Notably, he bridges product and research—having incubated ideas as a TED Resident and built a natural-language trading interface that brings conversational UX to decentralized finance.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's Degree, Computer Science, Associate's Degree, Computer Science at Macomb Community College
Bachelor's Degree, User Experience, Communication Design & Strategy, Bachelor's Degree, User Experience, Communication Design & Strategy at College for Creative Studies
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford University