Matthew Gerring

Mission-driven engineer & team leader, focused on climate change mitigation at scale.

gerring.matthew@gmail.com +1 (510) 612‑1573

Highlights

At Genability and GridX, I succesfully led development of large, complex energy industry data products from concept through launch. As a lead engineer, engineering manager and product manager, I led globally remote engineering, design and operations teams to succesful product deployment, and measurably increased operations efficiency. My work included prototyping AI document extraction systems to accelerate availability and coverage of utility tariff data.

At Genability, I co-created a new customer facing role combining technical and domain expertise, providing custom technical solutions for customers including the largest DER providers and EV companies in the United States. I led consultations with customers, led research and prototyping efforts, and delivered functional software, documentation, and implementation guidance.

Since 2019, I have led multiple large-scale interactive art installations through development, fundraising, production and performance. I have led teams of 30+ people and managed budgets up to $25,000. My work has appeared in art festivals, self-produced exhibitions, and permanent public art installations.

As editor of Street Sheet, I led a design refresh of the newspaper and a marketing campaign to promote it. I won competitive grant funding, led a committee of seven people, collaborated with a designer on a new logo and visual design, created an ad concept and wrote copy, earned local media exposure, and organized a successful launch event.

Skills

Programming languages JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Java, Arduino, HTML, CSS

Frameworks, Libraries & Tools React, Redux, GraphQL, Express, Django, Flask, Rails, Svelte, Spring, Pandas

Hardware DC power systems (solar + batteries), low-voltage DC circuits, microcontrollers (Arduino/ESP32), DC motor control, CAD (Rhino), AC power distribution

Work Experience

Staff Positions

GridX

Senior Product Manager April 2024 - December 2025

Senior product manager for GridX Design, enabling advanced utility tariff design and modeling at sub-penny accuracy. Successfully led development from functional prototype through product launch. Planned and executed operational throughput increases through tooling enhancement. Managed global remote engineering, design and operations teams. Developed product roadmap and managed feature prioritization. Succesfully built cross-team consensus to manage competing business priorities.

Arcadia

Product Manager IV November 2022 - April 2023

Founder of Utility Tariff Data Squad. Led global remote team responsible for internal tariff data tools. Led user research sessions, built prototypes, and shipped new features to improve operations efficiency and throughpout.

Software Engineer IV September 2021 - November 2022

Full-stack engineering for internal tariff data tools. Designed, built and shipped integration features across multiple services from newly-acquired companies, written in a combination of Rails, Python, Typescript, GraphQL and PostgreSQL, enabling new capabilities for Arcadia’s Arc platform.

Genability (acquired by Arcadia)

Solutions Engineer June 2020 - September 2021

Succesfully led architecture, design and engineering of greenfield internal tariff modeling application, from low-fidelity concept through product launch. Managed global remote engineering team. Partnered with operations team to increase operational throughput. Led consultations directly with customers, delivering custom technical solutions and enabling new use cases for Genability products.

Software Engineer December 2014 - August 2016

Designed, built and deployed interactive data visualizations for Genability data, illustrating complex energy usage and cost data. Enabled customers without internal development resources to rapidly onboard Genability's products. Designed & built re-usable component system, enabling rapid composition of new interactive visualizations.

Street Sheet

Editor-in-Chief December 2013 - February 2015

Managed all content, layout, and printing of bi-weekly newspaper, distributed for free to low-income & unhoused vendors. Recruited and trained volunteer contributors. Coordinated vendor program. Led design refresh and marketing campaign. Increased vendor revenue by increasing suggested donation amount and providing free vendor uniforms.

Freelance/Contract

Freelance Software Engineer

2007 -

Provided full-stack software engineering services to businesses, universities and nonprofits, specializing in data visualization and online publishing. Notable projects include:

Avocational

Creative Producer

2019 - present

I produce, design and fabricate large-scale interactive art installations, integrating a wide variety of technical and creative disciplines. My roles have included development, fundraising, construction, fabrication, audio production, lighting design, embedded systems programming, robotics, graphic design, logistics management, power system design, and live performance. Recent projects include:

Education

San Jose State University

Bachelors of Science, Journalism

Climatebase Fellowship

Cohort 4 Winter 2023

Led peer education session on electricty pricing data.

Sunlight Foundation

Internship Summer 2011

Contributed to public-facing projects and internal tools such as Sarah’s Inbox, Cluster Explorer, and Muni Words. Wrote blog posts exploring money in politics.