Matt Popovich
Software, startups, AI, policy, design.
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Current
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(2024) Staff Software Engineer at Forge Global
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(2023-2024) Cofounder & CEO at LegislatureAI
Startup building the next-generation legislative tracker.
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(2019-2024) Webmaster at MakeEmoji
The world's most popular animated custom emote creator, used by tens of thousands of creators and businesses.
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(2019-2024) Founder & Chapter Lead at Hawaiʻi YIMBY
Pro-housing advocacy group that fought to upzone the state and won.
Past
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(2020-2023) Frontend Engineer at Amazon
Built software for industrial facility operators at AWS and features for >150 million users at Goodreads.
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(2016-2019) Software Engineer at Morning Consult
Tech lead for a custom in-house CMS that reduced turnaround on client projects by 90%.
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(2016) Web Developer at Veracity Media
Tech lead for a custom in-house CMS that reduced turnaround on client projects by 80%.
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(2014-2016) Freelance Political Campaign Consultant
Built WordPress websites for over a dozen local, state, and congressional political campaigns.
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(2014) Communications Coordinator at Smitty for DC Attorney General
Built WordPress website and designed campaign literature and mail pieces.
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(2013) B.A. Political Science / International Relations, UC San Diego
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