Hi! I’m Matt Schouten.
I help people, companies, and teams make systems better. I also help people make themselves better.
I got started as a software engineer around 20 years ago. I’ve worked alone, worked on a team, been a peer leader on teams, managed teams, designed products, designed systems, designed processes, designed organizations. Along the way, I’ve learned a thing or two about how organizations turn time, money, and brainpower into something valuable. Things like managing well, building systems for what’s important (like onboarding employees), taking better approaches to building software, and thinking about outcomes first.
My Working Genius profile is Inventor / Enabler. I am at my best when I’m asked to solve problems that matter, helping other folks or teams learn, grow, scale, enabling them to achieve more of the things that matter to them.
I live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with my wife Amber and our kids.
If you or your team could use some help at any level, visit my coaching page or drop me a line at matt.schouten@gmail.com. I’d love to hear from you!
You can also find me on LinkedIn or BlueSky.
Why Cybadger?
I grew up in Wisconsin. Wisconsin is known as “The Badger State”.
I attended Iowa State University, home of the Cyclones.
At some point in the past, I needed a screen name and my usual ones were taken.
That’s when I started using “Cybadger”.
(Someday, I’ll ask someone to make a cool logo. I’ve got an idea in mind, kind of Borg version of UW-Madison mascot Bucky Badger, but I don’t have the graphics skills to make it happen.)
How do you say “Schouten”?
“Schouten” is a Dutch name, so the “ch” is said as a “k” sound.
If you read IPA, pronounce it skaʊtən.
If you don’t, say “scouting” with a drawl and a dropped “g”—”scoutin’”, and you’ll get there.