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Best aligned with Director-level roles in operations, service delivery, deployment services, and business systems, and senior Technical Program Manager roles in supplier coordination, production operations, and hardware program delivery. Bringing over a decade of enterprise program leadership, multidisciplinary org management, and operational systems development.

OPERATIONS  •  PROGRAM MANAGEMENT  •  SYSTEMS
Matt Tatham
Operations and Technical Program Management Leader
I lead complex technology operations and technical programs spanning hardware production, supplier coordination, quality governance, and enterprise delivery. I also design the systems, workflows, and reporting structures that give those programs the visibility and control required to operate at scale.
Over the past decade, I have directed high-volume configuration and deployment operations, led multidisciplinary teams, coordinated programs across OEM engineering and supply-chain organizations, and translated operational problems into measurable processes and practical systems.
305K
Devices Supported FY25
326
FY25 Production Projects
2.56
Days Avg Cycle Time
~70
Technicians Org (3 Direct)
15K/wk
Demonstrated Burst Capacity
20–35
Concurrent Projects
📍 Kennesaw, GA mtatham2@gmail.com
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Where I Deliver Value

What I Bring to an Organization

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Enterprise Operations Leadership
Directing high-volume technology operations, concurrent enterprise programs, multidisciplinary teams, customer commitments, revenue responsibilities, and competing delivery priorities. The organizational structure and accountability systems that keep complex operations running consistently are part of the job.
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Systems Transformation
Turning fragmented spreadsheets, manual reporting, inconsistent handoffs, and disconnected processes into structured operational systems. The approach starts by mapping workflows and data relationships, then designing and building solutions that reflect how the operation actually works.
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Executive Program Delivery
Aligning executives, customers, operations teams, technical developers, OEM partners, and suppliers around clear ownership, risk management, and measurable outcomes. From program definition through hardware production, cross-functional delivery, and continuous improvement.
AI and Automation
Applying AI-assisted development and automation to improve visibility, accelerate execution, reduce manual effort, and support better decisions. Grounded in operational leadership and systems design, not technology for its own sake.
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NPI, Pilot & Safe Launch Leadership
Leading operational readiness for new hardware platforms and services from pilot-unit intake through controlled production launch. This includes qualification criteria, isolated validation, work instructions, quality gates, supplier variation, launch metrics, technical escalation, and exit readiness across OEM engineering, quality, operations, and supply-chain teams.
About

Summary

My career moved from field project management to enterprise program delivery and eventually directing a configuration services division. Along the way, I kept running into the same problems: information scattered across disconnected spreadsheets, reporting that consumed hours of manual assembly, inconsistent handoffs, and important relationships buried inside processes that only a handful of people fully understood.

I got tired of working around those limitations and started building solutions instead. Now I combine operational leadership with hands-on systems development. I map the workflows, trace the data relationships behind them, and build dashboards, automations, and internal tools that give teams a clear picture of what's happening and what needs attention.

The common theme in all of it is curiosity, and it started early. At eight years old I had a TI 99/4A and two books: the User's Reference Guide and Beginner's BASIC. I typed in programs line by line with no way to save, starting over every time, and when something didn't run I had to figure out why on my own. Around the same time, I was taking apart electronics to see how they were built. Both taught me the same lesson: complicated systems get less intimidating once you start tracing how the pieces connect. That's still how I approach operations today. I want to understand how a system works, why it behaves the way it does, and how its parts can be reorganized into something better, grounded in the principle that data is only as good as its source. Bad data in, bad data out.

Systems Approach

How I Build

I use AI-assisted development as an execution accelerator within a structured design process. I define the operational problem, map the workflow and data relationships, set the requirements, direct the architecture, and validate the outputs.

It lets me build at a pace that's closer to how fast I can think through a complex system. The operational knowledge, design decisions, and accountability remain mine.

The Process
01
Understand
Define the operational problem, its constraints, and what a working solution looks like
02
Map
Map workflows, data relationships, process flows, and failure points before designing anything
03
Design
Establish requirements and direct the system architecture before writing a line of code
04
Build
Execute the build, directing architecture decisions throughout
05
Validate
Test outputs against operational requirements; validate data accuracy and edge cases
06
Improve
Monitor adoption and performance; refine based on how the operation actually uses the system

Applied AI in operations: executive reporting that turns production, backlog, and billing data into leadership briefings; risk and exception detection that surfaces stalled work, aging backlog, and billing gaps before they become escalations; and SOP knowledge assistants that convert operational documentation into searchable guidance for technicians, leads, and onboarding.

Capabilities

Core Capabilities

Enterprise Operations Leadership

Technical Program Management Program Management Technical Operations Leadership Cross-Functional Program Delivery Cross-Functional Leadership Capacity Planning & Forecasting Budget Ownership Executive Communication QBR Preparation & Delivery Stakeholder & Vendor Management

Systems and Workflow Design

Workflow & Process Design Business Systems Development SOP Development Root Cause Analysis Requirements Definition Data Relationship Modeling Workday

Data Visibility and Reporting

Power BI Power Query Advanced Excel KPI Dashboard Design Operational Metrics Executive Reporting

Automation and Technical Delivery

Workflow Automation PowerShell Python JavaScript / HTML APIs GitHub Copilot AI-Assisted Development Cloudflare Workers

Production and Service Delivery

Production Operations Device Lifecycle Management Inventory & Logistics Quality Management Hardware Supply Chain Asset Tracking Systems

Supplier & Partner Management

Supplier Program Management OEM Partner Coordination Vendor Performance Management Supplier Qualification Hardware Production Programs Supply Chain Risk Management

NPI, Quality & Launch Governance

NPI Program Management Production Pilot Coordination Safe Launch Planning First-Article Validation Hardware Platform Qualification Launch Readiness Quality Gate Design Corrective Action Root Cause Analysis Supplier Variation Management Work Instruction Development Production Ramp Planning

Security, Compliance & Control Readiness

Third-Party Security Assessments Audit Evidence Coordination Policy and Procedure Development Corrective Action and Remediation Facility and Data-Handling Controls Business Continuity Documentation Federal Program Operations NIST 800-171 and CMMC Readiness Support

Customer and Partner Leadership

Enterprise Account Management Customer Relationship Management Partner Coordination Escalation Management Contract & SLA Management

Operational UAT & Release Validation

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Test Scenario Design Defect Triage Data Migration Validation Business Process Validation Release Readiness Smoke Testing
Career

Professional Experience

Oct 2022 – Present
Director of Configuration Services
eBryIT, Inc.
  • Direct a configuration services operation supporting 305,000 devices annually across 326 production projects, 20 to 35 concurrent enterprise technology programs, and a hardware supply chain spanning OEM partners, logistics providers, and production teams
  • Lead a layered organization of program managers, production managers, production leads, and around 70 technicians (3 direct reports) across education, government, and enterprise deployments
  • Designed and built WPR (Warehouse Production Reporting), a browser-based operations dashboard connected via API to live SQL production tables that automatically calculates and surfaces project status, technician throughput, ATB, backlog, inventory, billing, and revenue across all active projects, replacing weekly manual spreadsheet assembly with a live shared operational view and substantially reducing manual reporting work
  • Manage enterprise customer and OEM partner relationships as the primary operational contact. Responsibilities include supplier performance tracking, QBR preparation and delivery covering metrics, risks, billing, capacity, and priorities, escalation management across vendor and logistics partners, and weekly KPI updates to internal and external stakeholders
  • Lead eBryIT’s operational participation in NPI, production-pilot, first-article, and Safe Launch programs spanning imaging, Autopilot, Chromebook enrollment, hardware-platform qualification, and specialized UV-print services. Establish validation criteria, quality gates, supplier-variation controls, launch metrics, and escalation paths with OEM engineering, quality, operations, and supply-chain teams.
  • Coordinate cross-functional participation in OEM third-party security assessments and federal-program control requirements, including audit questionnaires, policy and evidence submission, remediation planning, procedure development, and corrective-action tracking across operations, IT, facilities, and executive leadership.
  • Coordinated CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP 800-171 readiness activities, including security-awareness training, control-owner assignments, assessment responses, evidence collection, policy documentation, audit submissions, and third-party compliance validation
  • Coordinated large-scale enterprise deployment programs across OEM partners, configuration operations, logistics providers, program management, and field-delivery teams, with accountability for schedule, supplier commitments, and customer expectations.
  • Build workflow tracking systems, supplier status controls, and reporting structures that improve accountability, production handoffs, and operational visibility across departments and external partners. API integrations replace manual data pulls where possible, reducing both reporting time and the risk of inaccuracy.
  • Led operational UAT for custom WMS modernization and OEM API integrations, defining acceptance scenarios across receiving, inventory, service, packing, shipping, exception, and DOA/repair workflows, documenting defects, and coordinating vendor remediation through production release.
  • Provided UAT and data-validation oversight for a WMS migration covering 4,422 orders, 136K inventory records, and 186K service records, including legacy data-mapping exceptions, business-rule validation, and release, smoke-test, and rollback conditions.
Aug 2015 – Oct 2022
Program Manager
eBryIT, Inc.
  • Managed full lifecycle delivery of enterprise technology deployment programs across K-12, higher education, government, and enterprise environments, coordinating with OEM partners, third-party logistics providers, and customer stakeholders. Programs grew from single-site to multi-site, multi-state scope over 7 years
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams across configuration, logistics, field delivery, customer operations, and OEM supplier contacts. Built reporting systems that became the foundation for the automated dashboards later developed in the Director role
  • Managed concurrent enterprise programs as the primary customer contact, overseeing scope, schedule, budget, and stakeholder relationships across simultaneous engagements
  • Progressed from individual program ownership to multi-project portfolio leadership, ultimately transitioning into the Director role overseeing the full configuration services division
Oct 2014 – Aug 2015
Field Project Manager
eBryIT, Inc.
  • Managed field-based technology deployment projects across government and education environments, coordinating subcontractors, logistics, and installation across multiple concurrent sites
  • Maintained customer satisfaction and delivery alignment through structured site coordination and direct stakeholder communication
2012 – 2014
Regional Account Manager
AVR Distributing
  • Managed approximately 120 dealer accounts across the southeastern United States, excluding Florida
  • Represented major mobile-electronics brands, including Kenwood and Rockford Fosgate, across a multistate territory
  • Developed dealer relationships while supporting product launches, promotions, inventory planning, forecasting, and issue resolution
  • Coordinated with manufacturers and dealers to align product availability, training, and territory strategy
  • Utilized NetSuite for inventory and customer management across the territory
2005 – 2011
Retail Sales Representative
T-Mobile
  • Selected for T-Mobile's Career Development Program (2007); managed inventory in SAP and led customer and team training
Case Studies

Featured Case Studies

Program leadership, quality governance, system design, and operational delivery across hardware production, NPI, enterprise programs, and technical development.

Technical Program Leadership

From NPI Pilot to Safe Launch

Challenge: New hardware platforms and configuration services cannot enter production safely based on technical capability alone. They require controlled validation, documented work instructions, quality criteria, production isolation, supplier-variation testing, launch metrics, and formal exit decisions.

Role: Lead eBryIT’s operational participation in NPI, production-pilot, and Safe Launch programs spanning imaging, hardware-platform qualification, Autopilot, Chromebook enrollment, and specialized UV-print services. Coordinate pilot-unit intake, production isolation, qualification criteria, controlled validation, technical-issue resolution, launch metrics, supplier variation, and go-live readiness with OEM engineering, quality, operations, and supply-chain teams.

  • Co-developed a Safe Launch framework using 100% inspection, corrective-action requirements, quality approval, management signoff, and formal exit criteria.
  • Supported Chromebook NPI and pre-release enterprise-enrollment testing.
  • Coordinated production-pilot imaging validation across six hardware platforms.
  • Helped define model qualification, supplier-variation controls, soft-customer validation, and launch decision gates for a specialized UV-print service.

Outcome: Created repeatable governance for determining when new platforms and services were ready to move from isolated testing into controlled production.

Quality & Recovery

Quality Escape Recovery and Corrective Action

When an incorrect etch passed production and quality control, Matt helped lead the recovery, including device retrieval, lid replacement, re-etching, retraining, and implementation of stronger production and QC controls. The affected devices were recovered in approximately two weeks, and manager validation, enhanced QC checkpoints, and improved instruction controls were added to prevent recurrence.

~Two-Week Recovery  ·  Root Cause Identified  ·  Production and QC Controls Strengthened  ·  Corrective Actions Implemented

WMS Modernization

WMS Modernization & Operational UAT

Challenge: A custom WMS modernization and OEM API integration required translating operational workflows into testable acceptance scenarios, then validating that the system handled real production conditions including partial shipments, exceptions, DOA/repair routing, and carrier edge cases. A subsequent WMS1-to-WMS2 migration added data integrity requirements across 4,422 orders, 136K inventory records, and 186K service records, all needing business-rule validation and formal release readiness before cutover.

Role: Led business-focused operational UAT across both initiatives. Translated operational requirements into acceptance scenarios, performed functional and transaction-level validation, documented defects and edge cases, coordinated remediation with developers and external partners, and established smoke-test, rollback, and production-readiness criteria.

  • Validated order management, receiving, inventory, service, packing, shipping, exception, DOA/repair, and reporting workflows against real operational requirements.
  • Identified the PackID data gap and defined partial-shipment requirements that resolved a structural tracking limitation in the existing WMS.
  • Oversaw data-mapping validation for the migration, resolving legacy exceptions and establishing release and rollback criteria before production cutover.

Outcome: WMS modernization and migration reached production release with documented acceptance decisions, validated data integrity, and confirmed smoke-test and rollback readiness.

Production System

WPR Operations Intelligence Platform

Leadership had no unified view of operations. Project status, production, inventory, billing, and revenue existed in disconnected spreadsheets that required hours of manual assembly. WPR replaced that with a connected reporting layer that gives the operation a single, automatically updated view of itself.

Designer & Builder  ·  eBryIT, Inc.  ·  Connected Operational Visibility

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Technical Diagnosis

ChromeOS Platform Version Diagnosis

When controlled testing showed that ChromeOS versions 143 through 146 failed across both USB Recovery and Enterprise Rollback while versions 147 through 149 succeeded, Matt analyzed the results, identified version 147 as the probable hardware or firmware baseline, and directed escalation through the OEM’s Google support channel. The validation unit was held before customer enrollment or shipment.

Probable platform baseline identified  ·  Escalation directed through OEM channel  ·  Unit held pending OEM confirmation

Live Demo

Operations Intelligence Dashboard

Relational data model connecting projects, devices, revenue, billing, and inventory into a single operational view. Demonstrates the data architecture behind enterprise deployment reporting.

Portfolio Demo  ·  Interactive relational data model

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Live Demo

Device Lifecycle & Production Metrics

State-machine lifecycle tracking with immutable audit records, dwell time analysis, and technician-level production performance reporting. That’s the same reporting layer automated at eBryIT.

Portfolio Demo  ·  305K devices annually

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Client Delivery

Quote & Invoice Manager

Full business management platform built for a small business client. Covers the complete estimate-to-payment workflow: estimate creation with status tracking, invoice generation, client CRM, a 100+ item pricing catalog organized by category, room-based estimating, payment logging, outstanding balance tracking, and business reporting. All running in the browser with no backend infrastructure required.

Key advantages: Zero hosting cost, works offline, all data stays local to the client, no subscription fees, purpose-built around how the business actually estimates and invoices work.

Client Project  ·  IndexedDB  ·  HTML/CSS/JS  ·  Proprietary, not publicly available

Leadership

Leadership Approach

Strong operations run on clear ownership, useful information, and teams that understand how their work connects to the larger outcome. My job as a leader is to build that clarity, remove what's in the way, and give people the systems and accountability structures they need to actually deliver.

Clear Ownership
Every process and outcome has a named owner. Accountability doesn't happen without it.
Practical Process Design
Processes should match the way work actually gets done, not the way someone hoped it would.
Visible Performance
Teams do better work when they can see how they're doing. Metrics are only useful when they drive action, not just status.
Direct Communication
Problems surface faster when the environment is direct. I communicate clearly and expect the same.
Customer Accountability
A commitment made to a customer is an operational constraint. Delivery is the standard, not the aspiration.
Cross-Functional Alignment
Operations, programs, and systems work best when the people running them understand what each other is up against.
Continuous Improvement
Go after the root cause, not the symptom. Managing around a problem indefinitely is just a more expensive version of ignoring it.
Systems Thinking
Complex operations behave like systems. Understanding how the parts connect is what separates reactive management from real leadership.
Independent Work

Independent Consulting & Product Development

In 2026, I founded CommitState, an independent technology and operations consulting practice focused on practical systems, workflow automation, reporting, integration, and custom software solutions. The practice complements my full-time leadership experience by providing an additional environment for developing operational systems and solving real business problems.

CommitState follows the Resolve · Commit · Deploy method: understand the current state completely before designing a solution, and design completely before building.

Visit CommitState ↗
Services Operational systems design · Workflow automation · Reporting automation · KPI dashboards · Data and knowledge intelligence · AI-enabled tooling
Education

Education

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Kennesaw State University

Computer Science coursework (junior standing) · transitioned to full-time professional role in the technology industry

Certifications

Certifications

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Workday Basics Series

Completed September 2026  ·  View credential

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Workday Student for Business Users

Completed September 2026  ·  View credential