Matthew Howell
Technical Program Manager

Execution-focused technical program leader delivering complex hardware, software, and emerging technology products.

I’m Matthew Howell, a technical program leader with 12+ years of experience turning complex engineering work into clear execution plans. My background spans aerospace systems engineering, product ownership, risk management, and AI startup delivery, giving me a practical bridge between technical depth and business outcomes.

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What I Bring

Cross-Functional Leadership

Enabling teams to execute effectively by removing blockers, aligning stakeholders, and challenging process friction when it gets in the way of delivery.

Execution Focused

Goal-oriented program leader with a track record of turning complex technical work into clear plans, accountable milestones, and delivered hardware/software outcomes.

Technical Foundation

Systems engineering and product ownership experience provide the technical fluency to connect engineering detail with program priorities and stakeholder decisions.

About

I turn complex technical work into clear execution paths.

My experience spans aerospace hardware and software, quantum systems, and AI-enabled software delivery. I help teams move through ambiguity by connecting technical detail with program priorities, clarifying ownership, managing risk, and removing blockers. I’m strongest in environments where emerging technologies need both disciplined execution and a team culture built on trust, accountability, and clear communication.

Experience

Execution-focused technical program leader across hardware, software, and systems engineering.

Technical Program Manager

Boeing - Commercial Airplanes · Current Role

Leading technical program execution for 777X hardware and software requirements verification efforts. Coordinating teams, managing dependencies, mitigating risks, and communicating with stakeholders while creating execution visibility through Jira, Confluence, DOORS, structured reporting, and program review rhythms. Responsible for turning complex technical work into clear plans, driving accountability across functions, and keeping regulated aerospace programs moving through ambiguity, constraints, and delivery pressure.

Technical Program Manager - Consultant

Beehive, AI Startup · Jan '25 - Nov '25

Supported an early-stage AI startup as a part-time TPM consultant, helping structure roadmap planning, sprint execution, feature prioritization, user journeys, and delivery visibility across a founder-led team and contractor network. Worked across AI, frontend, deployment, authentication, billing, and infrastructure workstreams using modern software tooling such as Next.js, Vercel, GitHub, and AI-assisted development workflows. Connected program leadership experience to startup execution, software delivery, product thinking, and AI-enabled product development.

Quantum Systems Engineering Lead

Boeing - Advanced Computing Technologies · Apr '22 - Sep '24

Led systems engineering execution for advanced quantum systems work, bringing structure to ambiguous technical problems across requirements, architecture, integration planning, verification strategy, risk, and stakeholder alignment. Helped translate early-stage R&D concepts into clearer system-level plans, decision points, and execution paths across multidisciplinary teams. Strengthened Matthew’s ability to lead in emerging technology environments where system architecture, technical requirements, and delivery approach evolve together.

Technical Lead Engineer

Boeing - Satellite Development Center · Apr '20 - Apr '22

Served as a technical lead engineer for satellite hardware and software development, coordinating across propulsion, power, test, manufacturing, supplier management, and customer stakeholders. Led execution across interface control, requirements, verification, anomaly resolution, technical risk, cost management, and product-level decision support to align technical delivery with business goals and product roadmap priorities. Demonstrated depth in complex space systems, hardware/software integration, supplier coordination, and technical leadership across mission-critical aerospace products with program and product management responsibilities.

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What I've Accomplished.

Program Execution

Led a satellite program with multiple new product development efforts, delivering on schedule while realizing $7M in cost savings against an initial $48M program budget. Drove results through targeted cost-saving initiatives, including test-reduction strategies and process descopes that maintained execution discipline while improving efficiency. Recognized with the World Class Engineer in Execution award and Boeing Black Engineer of the Year honors.

AI Startup Product Execution

Supported Beehive, an early-stage AI app-building startup, as a part-time TPM consultant focused on roadmap planning, MVP prioritization, sprint structure, user journeys, and delivery visibility. Coordinated across AI, frontend, deployment, account, and infrastructure workflows while helping translate founder priorities into clearer product scope, sequencing, dependencies, and execution plans. The Miro roadmap artifact reflects how I structure product thinking in fast-moving software environments.

Software Process Optimization

Inherited a lengthy, rigid software process that was slowing development flow and used retro feedback, process knowledge, and historical performance data to identify key bottlenecks. Redesigned the workflow from a waterfall-style process into a more hybrid approach, allowing software owners to present test strategy, identify impacted stakeholders, complete testing, review results, and load software to the aircraft with clearer ownership and reduced friction. Reduced average nominal flow time from 89 days to 62 days, with the updated process flow planned for formal release in the next Process Instruction update.

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