Matt Merten
Chief Technology Officer - Optum Financial at Optum
Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
About Matt Merten
Matt Merten is Chief Technology Officer - Optum Financial at Optum. Location: Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.
Enterprise technology executive with 20+ years of experience leading large-scale IT and engineering organizations within highly regulated environments. Proven track record of driving digital transformation, modernizing legacy platforms, and delivering secure, compliant, and scalable systems supporting multi-billion-dollar financial operations. Trusted partner to executive leadership with deep expertise in enterprise architecture, cloud transformation, cybersecurity, and building high-performing global teams. Highlights • Led enterprise & solution architecture for a 1200+ IT team in a division of a fortune 4 company. • Championed IT innovation and modernization within the division which included over 200 distinct applications interacting with over 40 vendor solutions. • Directed mission-critical banking platform migrations supporting millions of consumer accounts, recognized with multiple enterprise awards including Make IT Happen. • Responsible for defining the application design and architecture for a $1.2B revenue division within a fortune 4 company and was awarded a US patent for software design.
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Additional experience
CIO - Optum Bank & CTO - Optum Financial
Optum
Started November 2023
Education
- Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin-Platteville