Matt Paxman

Matt works across WGU Labs initiatives in customer discovery, business model creation, and agentic artificial intelligence creation & application in all aspects of Product Management. He works deeply with various large language models (LLMs) to execute on current projects while continuously creating AI agents & tooling to scale these workflows in future products.

Matt has been in advanced technology for 20 years. His expertise areas have ranged from technology research & development across Adobe, Intel, Dell, HP and Microsoft to product management of multi-million-dollar software delivery environments in data analytics for a $150 million business segment serving Fortune 500 companies including Hilton, US Bank, Ford Motor Company, and others. He has also been an invited speaker on career development and leadership excellence.

He has been privileged to manage and lead teams of software, systems and product engineers. Highlights include leading teams through complex, multi-year initiatives and helping team members develop and achieve their career goals across promotions & field changes.

Matt and his wife are parents of five children, which is always an adventure. As a family they enjoy taking their Motorhome to National & State Parks as well as total offgrid RVing in more rugged areas. The family enjoys youth sports together, including soccer, basketball and volleyball.  Individually, Matt enjoys home automation, studying world history and helping others establish solid financial footing.

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