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val5.com is Matt Campbell’s Substack, focused on leadership, technology, architectural (AEC) design software, and active product development.

The former CTO at Hypar, makers of design tools used by architects around the world. Led engineering for the first seven years of the company and had a significant role in overall company vision and culture.
A former Tech Lead and Manager at Google Search, building features that are used by tens of millions of people every day. Launched the Job and Event Search features and built some of the largest open data ecosystems on the web.
A core member of the Revit team at Autodesk for almost a decade. Led some of the first cloud and generative design efforts in AEC.

Having an impact through leadership, technology, and architectural (AEC) design software.