Matthew Zhang
Senior Consultant at Simon-Kucher
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Zhang is a Senior Consultant with a decade of experience blending data-driven analysis and product-focused engineering across consulting and academic settings. Trained at Northwestern with a background in economics and business, he has supported private equity due diligence and growth strategy work in tech, consumer, and industrials while progressing from analyst to senior consultant roles. He pairs consulting rigor with hands-on front-end development—contributing UI/UX and internationalization improvements to the widely used TimelineJS storytelling tool. Based in New York, he moves comfortably between client strategy and technical implementation, bringing newsroom-adjacent fellowship experience and a KnightLab research pedigree. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful problem framing, pragmatic solutions, and an inclination to prototype rather than just recommend. A curious maker outside of work, he blends interests in visual media, data, and design into practical products.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Glenbrook North High SchoolBachelor's degree Economics & Social Policy Minor: Business Institutions, Bachelor's degree Economics & Social Policy Minor: Business Institutions at Northwestern University
Github Skills (6)
internationalization10
javascript10
lessc9
html9
css9
responsive-design8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
NUKnightLab/TimelineJS3
Jun 2016 - May 2017
TimelineJS v3: A Storytelling Timeline built in JavaScript. http://timeline.knightlab.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:30 commits, 15 PRs, 12 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and user experience of the TimelineJS3 project. Their contributions include fixing bugs, such as alignment issues for RTL language support and adjusting padding. They also added and alphabetized language options for the website interface and added Imgur embeds, improving the media handling capabilities of the timeline. The commits show a focus on improving internationalization and feature enhancements.
timelinejavascripttimelinejsstorytellingbuilt-in
mazhang2718/mazhang2718.github.io
Jan 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:44 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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