Matt Lea is the founder and driving force behind Schematical, a consultancy dedicated to helping CTOs and engineering teams build scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS). With over 15 years of experience in cloud architecture and DevOps, Matt specializes in transforming complex cloud challenges into robust, manageable systems. By taking ownership of long-term reliability, architecture, and cost optimization, he allows development teams to step away from infrastructure management and stay laser-focused on product innovation.
Beyond his consulting work, Matt is a passionate educator and creator. He is the founder of Cloud War Game, a live incident response simulation platform and the creator of the Zero to Hero on AWS Security animated course. His current passion project is Tech Debt, a rogue-lite base-builder strategy game where players must research tech, level up their engineering team, and keep servers running while fending off real-world cyberattacks like XSS, SQL injections, and DDoS. Whether through consulting, speaking engagements, or game design, Matt empowers technical leaders to ensure their systems are fast, secure, and ready to scale.