Matthew Clower

Founder & Lead Research Engineer

HarmoniQ

2023 – Present

Founded software company for music education technology. Primary product is HarmoniQ, an iOS app for developing perfect pitch.

• Solo-built and shipped HarmoniQ to the App Store. Thousands of active users with organically growing recurring revenue.
• Used AI to operate as a full product organization, replacing functions that would typically require dedicated teams: competitive intelligence, analytics, localization across 22 languages, audio engineering including custom-trained models for high-fidelity sound generation, design, ASO, and content production.
• Designed gamification systems driving daily engagement of 30 to 60 minutes, 5+ days per week across the user base, with dedicated users training multiple hours daily.
• Architected a longitudinal diagnostic engine for auditory neuroplasticity, managing a global dataset on pitch acquisition that exceeds published laboratory-based longitudinal studies by 1000x in both participant volume and total trial density.
• Developed high-fidelity psychoacoustic training models and custom-trained audio engines designed to teach and measure pitch-generalization across 15 timbres and 7 octaves.
• Consulting with Dr. Stephen Van Hedger (Huron University) to leverage the HarmoniQ platform as a primary diagnostic and training instrument for large-scale longitudinal research.
• Engineered a privacy-forward, no-backend data architecture allowing for serialized research exports (CSV/PDF) while maintaining zero-knowledge user privacy.

Chief Technology Officer

Treasure Financial

2021 – 2023 · 2 years

Led technology strategy and execution for a fintech startup enabling companies to earn yield on corporate treasury through T-Bill investments and FDIC-insured accounts.

• Launched a neo-bank offering competitive yield on corporate cash tied to rising interest rates, from concept to market in 3 months.
• Scaled engineering team 4x in under a year, breaking a persistent hiring deadlock.
• Reduced engineering interruptions from 75% to under 8% of capacity by implementing internal tooling strategy, saving over $1M in engineering time within the first year.

Chief Software Architect

WePay

2013 – 2021 · 8 years

Led engineering practices and architecture at scale for a payments company acquired by JPMorgan Chase for $400M.

• Defined the dual-track career architecture for engineering: IC levels from apprentice to distinguished engineer, management levels from manager to SVP/C-level. Mentored and sponsored promotions into staff, principal, and director roles.
• Owned the technical practices that evolved a monolith into a containerized microservice CD pipeline handling 20,000x annual transaction volume.
• Built hiring and training systems that sustained 2x year-over-year growth for 4 consecutive years and 30x total org growth in 6 years.
• Designed the financial reconciliation system required to close the acquisition by a regulated bank, built to handle 100x transaction volume.
• Led post-acquisition integration with JPMorgan Chase, redesigning career development, compensation, and recruiting practices for tens of thousands of engineers.

Founder, CTO & Board of Directors

WarpShare

2006 – 2012 · 6 years

Founded a peer-to-peer content distribution company. Built the core product and technology infrastructure from the ground up.

• Designed and implemented core platform in C++, PHP, and MySQL.
• Secured funding and presented technology to investors and business partners.
• Invented the distributed network technology behind US Patent 8,103,870.

Engineering Manager & Lead Software Engineer

Software Development Technologies

2002 – 2006 · 4 years

Led offshore development and delivered software consulting to Fortune 500 clients including PepsiCo, CalPERS, FedEx, Fidelity, Wells Fargo, and Southwest Airlines.

• Consistently requested by name by multiple Fortune 500 clients, including CalPERS, PepsiCo, and WellPoint, based on quality of work delivered.
• Reengineered the test center at CalPERS, increasing productivity 5x.
• Solved a months-long device testing blocker for PepsiCo remotely.
• Converted the company's core product from interpreted WinRunner TSL scripts to compiled C libraries, protecting IP and improving performance and portability.

Integrated Systems Security Officer

United States Army

1998 – 2002 · 4 years

• Managed unit information systems, security, and software.
• Consulted with Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) on computer security and cryptography-related investigations.