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Marc Ammann

Two-time founder · Fractional CTO · Building AI for humans at scale

Bozeman, MT
Experience

Matter Supply Co.

Founder

Feb 2017Aug 2024 · 7 yr 6 mos · Portland, OR

  • Co-founded and scaled a values-driven digital product and experiential technology studio from zero to 50 people and $10M AR
  • Led technology, design, delivery, and leadership development across high-pressure engagements for Nike, Sweetgreen, United We Dream, and others.
  • Scaled the company from founding team to 50 employees and $10M ARR, establishing hiring practices, delivery processes, team structures, and quality standards for concurrent client engagements.
  • Served as executive lead across technology and design, setting architectural direction, reviewing deliverables, managing technical risk, and protecting quality while shipping under aggressive timelines.
  • Led Nike DNA for the Department of Nike Archives over 3 years: a 250,000+ artifact digital archive used daily by Nike’s brand, marketing, history, and design teams to search, manage, curate, and reuse Nike’s historical record.
  • Architected the Nike DNA platform across GraphQL API, search, metadata architecture, content pipelines, storytelling UI, and collection management workflows, later enabling design research and AI-assisted archive use cases.
  • Led Nike DNA Museum Experience, a low-friction companion app for Nike’s physical archives featuring audio from athletes, historians, and designers; moved from prototype to production in weeks.
  • Led Sweetgreen’s Android app and GraphQL API engagement, helping unify mobile and in-store ordering experiences across customer touchpoints.
  • Led the real-time platform for Colin Kaepernick’s “Dream Crazy” campaign, feeding user-submitted content into a live art installation under a fixed public launch deadline.
  • Architected backend systems for Nike Air Max Vote Back and Vote Forward, supporting a global fan vote with burst-scale traffic, bot detection, and vote-integrity safeguards.
  • Led Notifica for United We Dream, a secure mobile tool for immigrant communities preparing for and responding to ICE encounters; designed for speed, anonymity, encryption, data deletion, and legal resilience. Received multiple social impact awards.
  • Focused heavily on leadership development, growing team leads into independent engagement owners and helping engineers and designers become product builders, decision makers, and leaders.
LOCKED · 10 May 2026, 23:27

Huge

Technology Director

Feb 2013Feb 2017 · 4 yr · Portland, OR

  • Huge’s Portland innovation lab was formed after the acquisition of Ian Coyle and Duane King’s design lab
  • I led emerging technology work across experiential, retail, mobile, and platform engagements, with a focus on turning ambiguous ideas into working products under real deadlines.
  • Led experiential technology portfolio across retail, mobile, and installation work, including in-store customization tools, connected vending experiences, sustainability platforms, and shoppable product guides.
  • Led technology direction for Zelle’s standalone app integration across banking partners, helping teams navigate complex partner requirements and tight regulatory timelines.
  • Led and mentored 50+ engineers at Huge’s Medellín studio, developing offshore talent into technical leads, architects, and product-minded builders.
  • Owned technology strategy for new-business pitches, shaping technical approach, feasibility, staffing, architecture, and delivery plans for prospective clients.
  • Led technology for Nike+ Fuelbox, a real-time, battery-powered vending experience that rewarded FuelBand activity with physical products and live prizes - built with ruggedized hardware, custom electronics, message queues, FuelBand API integration, and public-event reliability.
  • Led technology for Making of Making, Nike’s iOS sustainability app for comparing environmental impact across materials — the project won a D&AD Pencil, received press coverage, and contributed to an underlying index later adopted by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition as the Higg Materials Sustainability Index.
  • Led technology for Nike Techbook, a shoppable style guide and product storytelling platform deployed across iOS, Android, and in-store touchscreens in 32 countries and 18 languages.
LOCKED · 10 May 2026, 23:18

Huge

Principal Developer

Nov 2011Feb 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Technical lead and architect on projects for Target, HBO Canada (Astral) experience, and Adult Swim mobile apps.
  • Delivered HBO Canada experience across 5 platforms at launch. (iOS, Android, Web, Samsung TV & Xbox)
  • Delivered multiple Target online catalogue experiences used for wedding & baby registries.
  • Lead small team of mobile engineers, setting mobile architecture standards across native iOS/Android work.
LOCKED · 10 May 2026, 23:06
Patents & publications

No patents or publications added yet.

Awards

D&AD Pencil

D&AD · 2014

LOCKED · 10 May 2026, 23:09

Best of Swiss Web Master

Best of Swiss Web · 2009

LOCKED · 10 May 2026, 23:29

Best of Swiss Web Technology Innovation

Best of Swiss Web · 2009

LOCKED · 10 May 2026, 23:30

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Record ID: UT-2026-989924