Summary
Matthew Tenney is a Principal Product Manager and technical leader with 12 years of hands-on experience building cloud-native infrastructure, geospatial platforms, and data-driven products across public and private sectors. He currently shapes Transporter experience and quality at Amazon following leadership roles in Amazon Maps and a track record founding Terra Incognita Services to deliver applied science and software engineering solutions. Matthew combines strong product and program management with academic depth (PhD-level research in spatial data and smart cities) and has led teams that integrated IoT, ML-driven valuation models, and urban accessibility analytics into operational systems. Notably, he has built and scaled multidisciplinary teams for municipal projects with budgets exceeding $130M and launched education and SaaS initiatives to broaden product adoption. Based in Austin, he blends rigorous research, practical engineering, and a passion for urban dynamics and geospatial data—plus an affinity for dogs.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A.) Geographic Information Science and Cartography, Master of Arts (M.A.) Geographic Information Science and Cartography at University of Arkansas
BS Geographic Information Science and Cartography, BS Geographic Information Science and Cartography at PennWest Clarion
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer and Information Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer and Information Sciences at McGill University
English, French