Matt Popovich
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Current
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(2024-Present)Staff Software Engineer at Forge Global
Building the future of secondary markets for pre-IPO startup equity.
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(2019-Present)Webmaster at MakeEmoji
The world's most popular animated custom emote creator, used by tens of thousands of creators and businesses.
Past
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(2023-2024)Cofounder & CEO at LegislatureAI
Startup building the next-generation legislative tracker.
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(2022-2024)Founder & Chapter Lead at Hawaiʻi YIMBY
Pro-housing advocacy group that fought to upzone the state and won.
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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
Second engineering hire and 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
