👋 Hey, I'm Mat.

I build and scale impactful Product and R&D teams

I help companies get over roadblocks and ambiguity to build healthy, high performing, impactful teams. 18+ years in companies with real product and design craft in their DNA.

🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland 🎯 Head of Product at &Open
19
years of product leadership
ARR growth in 2 years
increase in product adoption
4
flagship, industry-leading products launched
💬 Things I've shared

The double edge of impatience in product management

6 Apr 2026

Impatience is one of the most underrated traits in product management. But the line between useful and destructive is thinner than most people realise.

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Software is never finished. Not everyone finds that obvious.

6 Apr 2026

What happens when you're working with people who come from a completely different relationship with the word "finished" — and why the collision of those two worlds tends to make both sides better.

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Unlocking your hidden potential: MARKT-PILOT's product roadmap

Jul 2025

A keynote from MARKT-PILOT's Parts Forum in Chicago on how our product roadmap would unlock revenue potential for machine and parts manufacturers.

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The one graph that will unlock elite-level hiring and team collaboration

3 Apr 2025

Strong teams have a broad spectrum of superpowers and work in a way that everyone benefits from each other's skills and experience.

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Your first win, the beginning of your pattern of success

1 Apr 2025

Whenever someone joins my team, the first thing I think about is how I help them get their first win and start building a pattern of success.

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💼 Where I've worked
&Open logo

Head of Product

&Open

Leading Product and Design, scaling the business and building towards a vision for thoughtful, impactful gifting at scale.

MARKT-PILOT logo

Director, Product

MARKT-PILOT

Built the Product and Design team from scratch, drove the transformation of a struggling R&D org.

SoSafe logo

Director, Product Management

SoSafe

Transformed R&D into a high impact team. Conceived and launched Human Risk OS. Contributed to 4× ARR growth.

Intercom logo

Group Product Manager, Messenger

Intercom

Responsible for Intercom's flagship product with over 4 billion consumer interactions. Led the Next Gen Messenger.

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📸 Moments
Mat at the &Open office
B Corp certification
Leading a workshop at a team offsite
MARKT-PILOT team celebration
Recording at Intercom
Presenting at Intercom
MARKT-PILOT team photo
Mat's Priorities trading card
Mobilize Dublin illustration
Intercom Messenger launch