Mark Matthews
Software architect and engineering leader with 30 years designing, building and running the systems businesses depend on. Equally at home in the boardroom, at the whiteboard, and in the codebase.
What I do
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Architecture & Strategy
Greenfield enterprise platform design, ERP systems, technology strategy, M&A integration and build-vs-buy decisions.
System designERPTech strategyM&A integration
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Engineering Leadership
Hiring and mentoring small, high-leverage teams, setting engineering standards, and leading delivery from the executive table.
Team buildingMentoringStandardsDelivery
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Hands-on Engineering
A working senior engineer: full-stack development, API and service design, relational data modelling, performance and security.
PythonTypeScriptReact / Next.jsPostgreSQLAzure
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AI-Native Development
Building daily with AI-assisted tools, and leading the safe introduction of LLM features into regulated operational software.
Claude CodeLLM featuresPrivacy & risk
Selected work
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Chief Software Architect · 2020–present
Aunty Grace
Founding executive. Architected the platform the whole business runs on, covering care management, rostering, compliance, finance and billing, and still lead the engineering team as a working architect.
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Tech Lead & Architect · 2004–2020
NLC → SG Fleet
Designed and built, from a blank sheet, the ERP that ran a leading novated leasing business, and owned it as sole technical authority for 16 years through to its integration into SG Fleet.
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General Manager & Senior Engineer · 2002–2020
Object Craft
Co-led a boutique consultancy through multi-year enterprise engagements, combining executive-level client relationships with hands-on architecture and development.
Writing
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Meta
Why bother with a website?
What's the point of a personal website when we have Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn? A fair question.