# Matt Pavelle

> Matt Pavelle is a New York technology entrepreneur and the co-founder and co-CEO of Doctronic. A Carnegie Mellon computer science graduate with a business minor, he previously held technology leadership roles at Moda Operandi, Tinker Tailor, Eleven James, and Piñata. His public work also includes startup mentoring and writing about AI, product development, and responsibility within teams.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Doctronic
- **Organizations:** Doctronic, Moda Operandi, Tinker Tailor, Eleven James, Piñata, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, New York Cares, Carnegie Mellon University
- **Education:** BS, Computer Science; business minor, Carnegie Mellon University
- **Known for:** Served as founding CTO of Moda Operandi., Co-founded Tinker Tailor, launched in 2014 with designer clothing customization tools., Held CTO roles at Eleven James and Piñata.

## Career timeline

- **1998** — Completed computer science studies at Carnegie Mellon University.
- **2009–2010** — CTO at Heavy, according to his Crunchbase career record.
- **2010–2013** — Founding CTO at Moda Operandi, according to his Crunchbase career record; contemporary 2011 reporting confirms his CTO role.
- **2010** — Began volunteering as an organizer with New York Cares, according to his LinkedIn profile.
- **2012** — Named co-inventor on US8090633B2, Method and apparatus for image data based valuation, granted January 3, 2012.
- **2014** — Tinker Tailor launched in May with Pavelle as co-founder and CTO.
- **2017** — Began mentoring at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator in January, according to LinkedIn.
- **2017–2018** — CTO at Eleven James, according to Crunchbase; Vention independently identifies him as a former CTO.
- **2020–2024** — Co-founder and CTO at Piñata, according to Crunchbase; the public company team page identifies him as CTO.
- **2024** — Became co-founder and co-CEO of Doctronic; Crunchbase records a May 2024 start.
- **2024** — Participated in Vention’s September 24 CTO dinner, discussing AI integration and scaling teams.
- **2025** — Listed as a speaker at Web Summit in Lisbon.
- **2026** — Published an October argument for AI-enabled specialists taking responsibility for complete outcomes.

## Achievements

- Served as founding CTO of Moda Operandi.
- Co-founded Tinker Tailor, launched in 2014 with designer clothing customization tools.
- Held CTO roles at Eleven James and Piñata.
- Co-inventor of US8090633B2, granted in 2012.
- Mentor at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator since 2017, according to his public profile.
- Co-founded Doctronic with Adam Oskowitz.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Published his generalist-to-specialist-to-owner argument about AI and organizational design, describing outcome ownership as the organizing principle at Doctronic.
- **2025-12** — Appeared on Coffee with a Founder, hosted by Beck Bamberger; the episode was published December 2.
- **2025-11** — Appeared in Web Summit’s Lisbon speaker program.

## Links

- Website: https://www.pavelle.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattpavelle/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mattpavelle

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Last updated: 2026-10-15