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Matt Worrall
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Head of Data Products & Engineering
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Head of Data Products & EngineeringAdzunaNov 2021 - Current (5 years)Headhunted to establish and lead a new business unit dedicated to monetising raw, large-scale global labour market data. Acting at the intersection of software engineering, data science, and commercial operations.
● 0-to-1 Data Monetisation: Defined the architecture, hired the engineering team, and led the greenfield build of Adzuna Intelligence, launching a differentiated SaaS and commercial API product suite in just 4 months.
● AI & LLM Integration: Architected a Python processing pipeline and orchestrated the deployment of LLM-driven workflows functioning as semi-autonomous agents, replacing legacy regex systems and simplifying complex data ingestion.
● Commercial Leadership & Pre-Sales: Acted as the seni- Director of Product & Web Platforms / Director of UI/UXLightcastJan 2018 - Aug 2021 (3 years 8 months)Served as the senior executive driving the unification of fragmented, siloed applications into a scalable B2B SaaS architecture during a key growth phase.
● Platform Unification: Advocated for, designed, and executed a strategy to consolidate 4 disparate legacy products into a single, modular core platform. Successfully delivered this core platform and three flagship applications to market, generating $13M in Annual Recurring Revenue.
● Enterprise Cloud Migration: Partnered closely with Engineering leadership to successfully migrate billions of legacy on-premise SQL Server records to Snowflake and AWS, significantly reducing licensing costs and enabling secure data cleanrooms.
● Culture & Operations: Mentore - Lead Product Engineer & ArchitectLightcastMar 2013 - Jan 2018 (4 years 11 months)● Applied AI in HCM: Leveraged vast labour market datasets to architect, design, and build a Machine Learning-driven recruitment application, marking the company's first scalable product in the Human Capital Management space.
● Technical Solution Design: Led technical discovery and full-stack architecture (Angular, .NET, SQL) for new web applications, building robust, scalable solutions tailored to the higher education market.
● Platform-Agnostic Components: Designed and built complex data visualisation components utilised seamlessly across the entire enterprise product suite. - SWeb Team Manager / Lead Developer / UI DesignerSamarindOct 2005 - Mar 2013 (7 years 6 months)● Team Leadership & Engineering: Hands-on development and team management, architecting complex B2B SaaS solutions and administering web hosting infrastructure (IIS, DNS, SMTP).
- Senior Ecommerce DeveloperAgeas UKOct 2004 - Oct 2005 (1 year 1 month)● Legacy Migration: Migration of a legacy quotation engine to .NET
● Affinity Partnerships: Branded online insurance for affinity partners including Aon and nPower. - Senior Ecommerce DeveloperHSBCMar 2000 - Oct 2005 (5 years 8 months)● Team Leadership & Engineering: Hands-on leadership of the development team, creating online insurance quotation sites for HSBC, First Direct and affinity partners.
● Innovation: Recipient of the HSBC Chief Executive's Award for outstanding work developing Java/Oracle-based claims management systems. - Research ScientistPirelli CablesSep 1996 - Mar 2000 (3 years 7 months)
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- BSc (Hons, Materials ScienceBrunel University of London
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- Manufacturing and Characterization of a Novel Geometry for (Pb,Bi) 2223 Superconducting WiresSep