Matt G. Wagner

    Forward Deployed Engineer and fractional CTO for agentic AI — shipping agents into real workflows, not slide decks.

    I embed with AI product teams and SMBs to discover the work that matters, build Claude Code agents and MCP servers that survive production, and leave systems operators can actually run.

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    Agents, Engineering, and Leadership Under Pressure

    Eighteen years shipping software, now mostly spent on agentic systems that take real work off real teams — with a parallel career leading soldiers in the Army National Guard.

    How I Work

    I spend most days as a Forward Deployed Engineerfor agentic AI — Claude Code agents, custom MCP servers, skills, orchestration — embedded where the work actually happens. Years of shipping production software give me the instincts to know which problems are agent-shaped and which aren't. Why FDE for AI companies →

    Fifteen years as an Army National Guard Officer shaped how I lead the work. Commanding soldiers through emergency response operations teaches you to plan for what goes wrong, communicate when things are loud, and deliver when it matters.

    Forward Deployed

    Sit with the customer (or your GTM team), map the workflow, ship the agent, and harden it until the handoff is boring — the FDE loop AI companies need

    Calm Under Pressure

    Led teams through emergencies, deployments, and tight deadlines

    Founder Operator

    Founded or co-founded 8 SaaS products from zero to revenue — I know what “shipped” actually costs

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    My Background

    From Fortune 50 engineering teams to co-founding startups to commanding Army units — the full story of how I got here.

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    Resume

    Eighteen years across .NET, cloud architecture, and distributed systems — plus fifteen leading soldiers in the Army National Guard.

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    Projects

    Side projects and open-source work — from full SaaS apps to small tools built to solve problems I ran into firsthand.

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    Want to put agents to work?

    Whether it's a fractional CTO engagement, an agent build, or just a sanity check on your AI roadmap — I'm easy to reach.

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