Matthew Slight, Senior Product Manager

Matthew Slight

Senior Product Manager

Algorythma Labs part of Abu Dhabi Financial Group

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
High school or equivalent,
Experience
16 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 8 Months

Senior Product Manager at Algorythma Labs part of Abu Dhabi Financial Group
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 2016 to June 2018

Brought in by the CTO to deliver software products for their
startup businesses spun out from their corporate entity, across
EdTech, FinTech and New Media.
● Responsible for day-to-day technical team management, and
the technology product development.
● Recruited and managed software developers, UX, QA, growth
marketing and data analytics team.
● Team achieved exponential rates of growth from launch,
reaching 4 million mobile app downloads within one year.

Group Technology Manager at Pragma Firma LLC
  • United Arab Emirates
  • June 2013 to October 2016

Lead the delivery of B2B and B2C technology products in the F&B
and hospitality sectors, for a large multinational headquartered in
Dubai, across web, mobile and eCommerce.
● Implementation of the digital transformation strategy and
complete implementation of processes and procedures within
the business through ITIL and Scrum.
● Roll-out of group ERP and CRM (Microsoft Dynamics)
● Launched new digital assets across web & mobile, as part of
existing and new business launches.

Founder
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 2010 to May 2013

Co-founded a social-dining platform in the B2C restaurant
booking space. Recruited a growing team to build an innovative
B2C platform. Responsible for technology design and
development. Secured investment from a regional angel network
and won a prestigious startup award.

  • United Arab Emirates
  • May 2003 to December 2010

Co-founded a software development agency from scratch building
bespoke websites, apps, portals, eCommerce platforms, using
cloud services and tailored technology stacks. Grew the business
from a two-person startup and sold in a trade sale. Responsible for
project delivery, solutions architecture and day-to-day running of
the business.

Education

High school or equivalent,
  • at University of Bath
  • August 2022

with Machine Learning

Bachelor's degree, Mathematics
  • at University of London
  • August 2022

with Machine Learning

Bachelor's degree, Economics and Business
  • at Open University
  • August 2022

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High school or equivalent, Economics and Business
  • at Open University
  • August 2022

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High school or equivalent, Economics and Business
  • at Vanderbilt University
  • August 2022

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Specialties & Skills

IT Service Management
IT Governance
IT Management
IT Operations
IT Financial Management
DELIVERY
E-COMMERCE
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
ASSETS RECOVERY
WEB SITE PRODUCTION
DEVELOPMENT