Matt Dixon
ractional CTO helping startups derisk, unclog, and scale their technology. 25+ years building software teams and systems.
Founder & CEO / Front Range Systems · Nashville, Tennessee, US
Open to advisory
Customer acquisition · Product · Engineering & Tech · Team & Hiring
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About Matt
Matt Dixon is the founder of Front Range Systems and a fractional CTO with 25+ years of experience in technology leadership. He specializes in helping startups and growth-stage companies derisk their technology decisions, unclog engineering bottlenecks, and scale their systems and teams.
Matt has led engineering teams across logistics, ecommerce, insurance, SaaS, and healthcare, consistently turning chaotic tech environments into well-oiled machines. His work has improved employee productivity by 47% and reduced critical process times by over 98%. He's scaled teams from 3 to 20+ engineers.
He's authored several courses for Microsoft and takes a hands-on approach: he writes code, architects systems, mentors engineers, and builds the processes that let companies move fast without breaking things.
Outside of work, Matt is a competitive sim racer running GT3 and GT4 cars on iRacing. The same obsession with optimization, telemetry, and shaving seconds off lap times carries over into how he approaches technology strategy.
Matt is based in Nashville, TN and works with companies nationwide.
Skills
Technology Leadership
Matt possesses over 25 years of experience leading technology initiatives and engineering teams for startups and growth-stage companies.
Productivity Improvement
Matt improved employee productivity by 47% in past roles.
Management
Matt has led engineering teams from 3 to 20+ engineers across multiple industries.
Process Optimization
Matt reduced critical process times by over 98%.
System Architecture
Matt architects systems to ensure scalability and robustness, turning chaotic environments into well-oiled machines.
Performance Optimization
Matt specializes in unclogging engineering bottlenecks and optimizing systems, driven by an obsession with efficiency.
Technology Strategy
Matt helps companies derisk technology decisions and approaches technology strategy with an optimization mindset.
Process Improvement
Matt excels at turning chaotic tech environments into well-oiled machines, significantly reducing critical process times.
Fractional CTO
Matt serves as a fractional CTO, offering his extensive technology leadership to startups and growth-stage companies.
Risk Management
A core aspect of Matt's role is to derisk technology decisions for his clients.
Organizational Transformation
Matt transforms chaotic technology environments into efficient, high-performing systems.
Software Engineering
I started as a software developer 26 years ago and have led a lot of software engineering teams, digging into cloud code and AI agents for delivering software, and helping the team be more effective and increase their velocity.
Entrepreneurship
Matt is the founder of Front Range Systems, demonstrating significant entrepreneurial experience.
Team Scaling
Matt successfully scaled engineering teams from 3 to over 20 engineers.
Founder
Matt founded Front Range Systems.
SaaS
Matt has led engineering teams in the SaaS industry.
Mentorship
Matt actively mentors engineers as part of his leadership responsibilities.
DevOps
Matt builds processes that enable companies to move fast without breaking things, indicative of strong DevOps practices.
Logistics
Matt has led engineering teams in the logistics industry.
Authored Content
Matt authored several courses for Microsoft.
E-commerce
Matt has led engineering teams in the e-commerce industry.
Engineering Recruitment
Scaling teams from 3 to 20+ engineers implies significant experience in recruiting engineering talent.
Cloud Computing
Based on his work scaling systems and modern technology leadership, Matt is inferred to have strong skills in cloud infrastructure.
Vendor Management
Part of a CTO's role often involves managing relationships with technology vendors and service providers.
Insurance
Matt has led engineering teams in the insurance industry.
Experience
job
Founder & Fractional CTO
Front Range Systems
As founder of Front Range Systems and a fractional CTO, Matt provides technology leadership to startups and growth-stage companies. He specializes in derisking technology decisions, resolving engineering bottlenecks, and scaling systems and teams across diverse industries including logistics, e-commerce, insurance, SaaS, and healthcare. His hands-on approach involves writing code, architecting systems, mentoring engineers, and establishing robust processes for efficient development.
Matt has a proven track record of improving employee productivity by 47% and reducing critical process times by over 98%. He has successfully scaled engineering teams from 3 to more than 20 engineers and authored several courses for Microsoft.