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Matt Owens

Matt Owens

Founder & Fractional AI Architect focused on production-grade AI platforms

San Francisco Bay Area
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Joined March 2026
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Summary

Security-first AI engineering practitioner: runs a solo AI engineering studio that emphasizes production readiness, threat modeling, penetration testing, RBAC, and observability when building RAG systems and agent workflows. codewheel+2
Open-source tooling and developer productivity: authors and publishes developer tools such as PromptWheel and MCP integrations that automate code improvements and let AI assistants interact with Drupal in structured, auditable ways. codewheel+1
Experienced full‑stack engineer with enterprise production background: combines 15+ years of production engineering across Tesla, federal health portals, and CMS/ecommerce platforms with hands‑on architecture and execution. codewheel+1
Fractional, founder-led consulting model: operates as a founder and fractional AI architect who works directly with founders and CTOs, offering hands-on delivery, clear pricing, and single‑engineer continuity rather than handing off to junior teams. codewheel+2

Work

Education

Projects

Writing

MCP Tools for Drupal: AI-Powered Site Building with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex

February 1, 2026

Explains MCP Tools, how it exposes Drupal admin actions as MCP tools for AI assistants, security modes (development/staging/production), transport options (stdio/http), and example workflows for site building and audits.

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AI Agent Architecture: Security & Orchestration

June 1, 2025

A deep-dive guide on designing production-ready AI agents with secure tool design, RBAC, orchestration strategies, observability, and defenses against common failure modes for agent systems.

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2024 Year in Review

January 1, 2025

Personal blog post reflecting on reading, projects, and yearly highlights authored on the personal site.

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PromptWheel: How We Built a Code Improvement Orchestrator (and How It Works)

Describes PromptWheel's architecture and safety mechanisms for autonomous code improvements: scouting, filtering, parallel execution, mandatory QA, and draft PR generation.

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Hobbies

Enjoys cycling, playing trombone, reading, writing, gardening, and motorsports. indieweb+1