About
Matti is a strategic product and technology executive with 15+ years of driving AI innovation (Agentic AI, LLMs, RAG, Vector Search) and personalization in enterprise B2B products. He excels at scaling AI-powered platforms from concept to market success, leading cross-functional teams (engineering, data science, design) in startups and large organizations. Matti has a proven track record, including achieving a $75+ million acquisition and advising Fortune 100 companies on AI strategy.
Top Skills
- New Product Development20%
- Product Strategy20%
- Product Owner20%
- Product Management20%
- Remote Work20%
Also works with
- Technology Strategy & Architecture
- Leadership
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Artificial Intelligence as a Service (AIaaS)
- Business Analysis
- Data
- Strategy
- Product Development
- Digital Product Development
- Technical Consulting
- Workshops
- Technical Requirements
- System Requirements
- Proof of Concept (POC)
- Artificial Intelligence Product Manager
- Pitch Presentations
- B2B Lead Generation
- Sales Pipeline Management
- B2B Product Management
- Lead Generation
- Team Leadership
- Roadmaps
- Technical Product Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Feature Prioritization
- Product Roadmaps
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- Analytical Thinking
- Data Product Manager
- User Journeys
- Computer Science
- Feature Backlog Prioritization
- Director of Product
- MVP Design
- Business
- Product Strategy Consultant
- Lean Startups
- Product Planning
- Planning
- Product Ownership
- User Stories
- New Products
- International Growth
- Data-driven Decision-making
- Feature Planning
- Remote Team Leadership
- Data Science Product Manager
- Consulting
- Lead Management
- Build/Buy Analysis
- Product Consultant
- Apps
- Startup Consulting
- New Business Development
- Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)
- AI Consulting
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- AI Product Management
- AI Integration
- Software Development
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Conceptual Design
- Startups
- Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
- Data Analysis
- Machine Learning
- SaaS
- Design Management
- Technology Trends
- Digital Product Management
- Prototyping
- UX Design
- Product Design
- Data Science
- Python
- Data Visualization
- Data Engineering
- Data Strategy
- Digital Transformation
- CTO
- User Experience (UX)
- Marketing
- Solution Architecture
- APIs
- B2B Partnerships
- User Personas
- SWOT Analysis
- Market Fit
- B2B
- Competitor Analysis & Profiling
- White Labeling
- Algorithms
- Market Research
- Conceptualization
- Ideation
- Project Scoping
- Scope
- Specs
- Engineering
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Business to Business (B2B)
- Product Frameworks
- Customer Insights
- Corporate Strategy
- Databases
- Database-driven Web App Development
- Web & Mobile Applications
- Medical Software
- User Research
- Product Vision
- Web Applications
- Dashboards
- Functional Requirements
- Go-to-market (GTM) Strategies
- Product Requirements Documentation (PRD)
- Integration
- Stacks
- Backlog Management
- Chief Product Officer (CPO)
- Product Growth
- Business Models
- Revenue Strategy
- Business Development
- Pricing
- Business Administration
- Go-to-market Plans
- Market Research & Analysis
- Product Marketing
- Project Management
- Mockups
- Sprint Planning
- Business Intelligence (BI)
- Applications
- Product Engineering
- Product Discovery
- Wireframing
- Coaching
- Team Mentoring
- Web App Development
- Feature Roadmaps
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Quantitative Analysis
- Qualitative Research
- Templates
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Agile Leadership
- Best Practices
- Pricing Strategy
- Product Customization
- User Needs
- Markets
- Feature Analysis
- Audience Targeting
- User Flows
- Healthcare IT
- Iteration Management
- Growth Strategy
- Growth Hacking
- Service Design
- Operational Workflow
- Chatbots
- Entrepreneurship
- Pitch Decks
- Feasibility Studies
- Data Management
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Email Marketing Automation
- Automation
- Platform Design
- User Onboarding
- SaaS Product Management
- User Experience Design
- Branding
- Mobile Apps
- Project Planning
- Competition Research
- Business to Consumer (B2C)
- Business Consulting
- Networking
- Market Research Analyst
- New Product Business Cases
- R&D
- Low-code Development
- No-code Development
- Workflow Automation & System Integration
- Retrieval-augmented Generation (RAG)
- Data Products
- Program Management
- Agile Program Management
- Data Collection
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Data Analytics
- Data Reporting
- Engineering Management
- Online Payments
- Fintech
- Digital Payments
- User Interface (UI)
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Wix
- QA Testing
- Product Launch
- Launch Strategy
- Discovery Workshops
- Data Modeling
- Design Systems
- Pricing Models
- Revenue Modeling
- Monetization Models
- Sales
- Software Architecture
- AWS Cloud Architecture
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT)
- Budgeting
- Mobile Applications
- Medical Equipment
- Healthcare Services
- Opportunity Assessments
- Consumer Technology
- Marketing Automation
- AI Agents
- Agentic Frameworks
- ChatGPT
- OpenAI
- Customer Research
- Technical Hiring
- Technical Research
- Sales Engineering
- Enterprise SaaS
- Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SME)
- Foodtech
- Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps)
- Vector Databases
- Platforms
- UX Strategy
- Company Strategy
- Competitive Strategy
- Presentation Design
- Board Presentations
- Client Presentations
- Presentations
- Sales Presentations
- Digital Transformation Program Management
- Big Data
- Fine-tuning
- Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF)
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Cross-functional Engagement
- Business Intelligence (BI) Platforms
- Data Transcription
- Amazon EC2
- AI Chatbots
- Chatbot Conversation Design
- Storage
- Data Architecture
- Data Pipelines
- Cloud Infrastructure
- SaaS Strategy
- Team Management
- Offshore Team Management
- Offshoring
- Healthtech
- Digital Health
- Healthcare Sales
- Healthcare Software
- Kubernetes
- Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)
Experience
Jan 2012 — Present
Chief Product Officer
Galaxy & Sons
Advised Fortune 100 companies and diverse startups on AI product strategy and digital transformation, focusing on zero-to-one innovation. Architected an agentic healthcare AI MVP, converting video to semantic data and utilizing LLM rankings to drive successful pilot programs. Developed an emotionally intelligent, persuasive chatbot, architecting systems to leverage structured data as dynamic context. Led early prototyping of a generative AI product using GPT-3.5 and vector databases, influencing a key company strategy pivot. Guided diverse projects leveraging multilingual GenAI voice/speech systems, contributing to the securement of multimillion-dollar grants.
Jan 2024 — Jan 2025
Head of AI Product
Agilitas AI
Spearheaded the development and launch of an agentic AI platform integrating LLMs and RAG, significantly enhancing semantic search capabilities. Accelerated critical R&D workflows for enterprise users by 50x through the implementation of the new AI-powered platform. Directed a cross-functional team of engineers and data scientists to build enterprise-grade AI solutions, aligning rapid prototyping with a long-term strategic roadmap. Architected a proprietary "data moat" and robust evaluation frameworks, establishing a data-centric approach that strengthened the platform's competitive advantage. Drove the strategic integration of AI capabilities into product UX/design and core business strategy, ensuring technical execution aligned directly with market needs
Jan 2019 — Jan 2024
Chief Product and Technology Officer
Rehinged.ai
Scaled product and engineering teams from 4 to 20+ professionals, providing leadership through a critical period of rapid company growth. Architected the core Carenet.AI healthcare data platform, which became the primary driver, generating 80% of total company revenue. Launched a new AI/NLP-powered platform, successfully scaling it to acquire 40+ enterprise customers and exceed $1 million ARR within 18 months. Established key product metrics and KPIs directly linked to business outcomes, fostering a culture of data-informed decision-making across teams. Implemented a highly effective technical sales methodology that achieved a 90% close rate for enterprise customer deals. Built and deployed a scalable data infrastructure supporting complex analytics requirements essential for the healthcare data platform.
Jan 2016 — Jan 2019
VP Product
Fracta.ai
Defined the product strategy and developed a web application prototype that was used to correct assumptions and gather feedback from lead customers. Drove the development of SaaS SW platform that wraps a complicated AI/ML algorithm utilizing geospatial GIS data into an easy-to-use SW product that meets the needs of municipal customers in tackling the renewal of aging water infrastructure. Led a team of data engineers and built Fracta’s data pipeline and process to guide customers from messy data to refined ML-driven results. Defined and executed a structured agile product and SW development process for the company. Helped evolve the product from Prototype to V4 and grow the customer base from zero to 40+ municipalities.
Jan 2010 — Jan 2012
Product Manager
Nokia USA
Led the Nokia smartphone experience definition for Nokia Verizon products with a long-term vision of sensor and AI-driven complete product experience. Collaborated across all functions of Nokia North America from the leadership team to software and hardware engineering. Synthesized information from consumer, technology, market research, and trends to create a long-term product vision.
Jan 2008 — Jan 2010
Product Portfolio Strategy and Product Range Management
Nokia Denmark
Defined portfolio strategy and product lines for Nokia Live Business Unit with $5+ billion annual sales. Led product strategy to restructure part of Nokia’s sprawling product portfolio, with many hard decisions. Guided the PM function as a product range manager, coordinating activities across sales, marketing, design, R&D and PM in Nokia’s large matrix organization to maintain a coherent product line.
Jan 2006 — Jan 2008
Senior Manager, Business Strategy
Nokia USA
Developed a classic business strategy for the Nokia CDMA Business unit - analyzing available markets, M&A, and partnerships.
Jan 2003 — Jan 2006
Technology Product Management
Nokia USA
Led the tech marketing team to define technology roadmaps for Nokia CDMA products. Technologies covered from RF/Bluetooth to DRM and multimedia. Worked closely with engineering and SW platforms to build products that meet customer.
Jan 1998 — Jan 2003
Various Engineering Roles
Nokia Finland/UK
Worked at various roles in different mobile phone and software business units. Developed game engine software that shipped in 100+ million devices. Wrote and held mobile internet technology training and workshops across the globe, e.g. consulting swiss banks on mobile internet security.
Education
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Helsinki University of Technology - Helsinki, Finland
1996 - 2001
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