Matt Gordon
Physicist | Former Palantir + Toyota Research | Building AI for hard tech + manufacturing
- Role
- Executive Director at Climate Tech Action Network
- Location
- Berkeley, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Matt Gordon
Strategic technology executive with 15+ years of experience leading interdisciplinary teams at the intersection of AI, advanced manufacturing, and climate innovation. Early Palantir FDE, I built the first prototype of Palantir Contour. Proven track record of delivering high-impact technical solutions in both startup and enterprise environments, including leading Toyota Research Institute\'s AI-driven manufacturing programs and founding a nonprofit accelerating climate tech careers. Skilled in scaling technical infrastructure, driving sustainability outcomes, and aligning R&D with strategic business goals.
Experience
Executive Director
May 2020 — Present
Founder and Executive Director at Climate Tech Action Network, trying to help engineers and technologists answer the question \"What can I do to help fight climate change?\"
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D., Physics, Biophysics
1999 — 2006
Princeton University
AB, Physics
1994 — 1998
Stanford University
Postdoctoral researcher, Biological Physics
2006 — 2010
Skills
- Ssl
- Communications Analysis
- Angularjs
- Computer Science
- Optics
- Gdal
- Strategic Customer Development
- Javascript
- Distributed Systems
- Programming
- Algorithms
- Gis
- Groovy
- Geographic Information Systems (Gis)
- Jruby
- Data Analysis
- Software Development
- Python
- Big Data
- Perl
- Physics
- Biophysics
- The Binary Language of Moisture Vaporators
- Software Engineering
- Mongodb
- Sql
- C++
- Linux
- Xml
- Front-End Development
- Java
- Ruby
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