Software systems · automation · product building

I make complicated work easier to run.

I’ve spent most of my career in digital operations, where small mistakes become visible fast. That taught me to care about reliability, clear ownership, and the whole workflow — not just the happy path.

Now I apply that same mindset hands-on: building software, automating repetitive work, and operating a real ecommerce business. I use AI heavily to move faster, but the judgment, validation, debugging, and release decisions stay mine.

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Mathew John Golf performance polo storefront hero — Mathew John Golf — live ecommerce experience and brand direction.

95%+less recurring VOD documentation work at Versant

~50SOPs and runbooks authored

100+RLS-protected tables in a confidential SaaS product

8+ yearsin production digital operations

Selected work

Real systems, real constraints, measurable outcomes.

I’m strongest when a problem crosses boundaries — product, operations, engineering, QA, and the people who actually have to use the thing. I care about the full system, not just one screen or one task.

Confidential pre-production SaaS

Product concept kept private. Engineering work shown.

I’m intentionally not publishing the real product flow or unblurred UI in an open portfolio. What I can show publicly is the scale and type of engineering work behind it.

100+RLS-protected relational tables

80+database migrations

~900automated tests in latest readiness pass

4 layersproduct, commerce, permissions, operations

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Shotzy

Founder · Product builder · Full-stack implementation

This is my most technically ambitious product work. I took a firsthand problem from discovery through architecture, implementation, testing, security hardening, and release-readiness decisions.

What I’ve owned

Product requirements, user journeys, and workflow architecture
Next.js application flows and API integrations
Supabase/PostgreSQL data model, authentication, and row-level security
Stripe payment lifecycle, retries, refunds, and failure handling
Automated testing, security remediation, and explicit release gates

What it demonstrates

I can work across product thinking and implementation details without losing sight of reliability. I’m comfortable with permissions, state, stale events, payments, privacy, and knowing when the evidence says a release should wait.

Stack Next.js · React · Supabase · PostgreSQL · Vercel · Stripe · Twilio · REST APIs

Automate the repetition. Keep the judgment.

BeforeCollect inputsFormat docsValidate assetsReview35–45 min

AfterStructured intakeWorkflow + scriptsBrowser checksHuman verify2–5 min

Internal screenshots and proprietary procedures stay private. The metrics, tools, and process improvements are real; the visual is intentionally sanitized.

Automation · QA · production operations

QA & VOD Automation

This started with a simple operational frustration: experienced people were spending too much time formatting, documenting, and repeating checks that could be standardized.

What changed

Recurring VOD documentation dropped from about 35 minutes to 1 minute 45 seconds
Browser-based validation was redesigned around a roughly 45-minute manual workflow moving toward about 5 minutes
Power Automate and Office Scripts handled the predictable work; human review stayed where context mattered

How I think about automation

I don’t start with “what can I automate?” I start with “where are people losing time, where can automation fail, and what still deserves a person’s attention?”

Tools Power Automate · Office Scripts · Excel · Selenium · Browser Automation · QA Design

Mathew John Golf Swing For A Cure page — **Brand with a purpose**Real event storytelling, community impact, and visual direction from the live site.

Mathew John Golf Hoodies and Layers collection page — **Collection merchandising**Product hierarchy, filtering, and clean ecommerce presentation.

Mathew John Golf

Founder · Ecommerce · Product experience

Mathew John Golf is where design decisions meet real customers. I’ve rebuilt and refined the storefront while also running the business behind it, so I can see how UX, merchandising, SEO, inventory, content, and customer experience affect each other.

What I’ve worked on

Shopify theme customization and responsive UX
Product, collection, cart, and merchandising flows
SEO, content structure, and brand presentation
Inventory, vendor, sponsor, and customer workflows
Mobile QA, scrolling behavior, animation timing, and conversion details

$31K+documented lifetime sales

164orders

16K+website sessions

What it demonstrates

I care about the product after launch. I’m comfortable moving between UI detail, operations, analytics, commercial outcomes, and the day-to-day realities of running something people actually use.

Stack Shopify · Liquid · HTML/CSS · SEO · Analytics · Ecommerce Operations

Control model

AI where it accelerates.

Discovery, qualification, drafted materials, ATS planning, and state tracking can be assisted.

Human boundary

Approval where it matters.

Truth constraints, CAPTCHA escalation, and consequential actions stay deliberately human-controlled.

Personal engineering system · AI workflow design

Job Autopilot

I built this to understand how far I could push automation without handing quality over to the automation itself. The interesting work was not getting one happy-path run to work; it was state, recovery, validation, and failure handling.

Status

Experimental and intentionally paused. I’d rather describe a personal system accurately than inflate its production readiness.

Stack Cloudflare · D1 · Browser Automation · Gmail · REST APIs · AI Workflows

Experience foundation

Built in environments where reliability matters.

My engineering instincts were shaped by production operations, incident response, live events, and years of making repeatable work more reliable under pressure.

2026 — Present

Versant

Digital Operations Specialist supporting live and on-demand media workflows. This is also where I built my VOD documentation automation and authenticated QA automation work — practical systems created around real operational bottlenecks.

35 min → 1:45Recurring VOD documentation after deploying a Power Automate + Office Scripts workflow.

~45 min → ~5 minTarget workflow for an authenticated browser-based QA automation prototype.

Power Automate · Office Scripts · Excel · Browser Automation · QA Design · Operational Readiness

2017 — 2025

NBCUniversal

Digital operations across live and VOD distribution, L2 escalation, incident response, partner workflows, SOPs, and major-event readiness including the Olympics, Super Bowl, and FIFA World Cup.

Production operations at scaleYears of supporting high-visibility live and on-demand experiences shaped the reliability, escalation, and launch-readiness mindset I now bring into software and automation work.

What I’m strongest at

The skills behind the tools.

I don’t want this portfolio to read like a keyword wall. These are the patterns I consistently bring to very different problems.

Seeing the whole system

I naturally look for dependencies, handoffs, permissions, edge cases, and downstream impact before narrowing in on one task.

Turning friction into a workflow

I’m good at finding the repetitive or confusing part of a process and making it simpler without stripping away the judgment people still need.

Translating between roles

I’m comfortable moving between builders, operators, stakeholders, and end users, then shaping the solution so the pieces actually work together.

“The work I enjoy most sits in the middle of product thinking, technical execution, and operational reality.”

That combination is what I’m looking to do more of next.

Contact

If this is the kind of work you need, I’d love to talk.

I’m interested in software engineering, automation, product systems, and technical program work where clear thinking and reliable execution actually matter.

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