Leading SMS Fundraising Platform Tatango Announces New CTO Matt Powers
Company continues to expand its robust solutions and help the nation's top nonprofit organizations and political campaigns fundraise via trusted opt-in text messaging.
RALEIGH, N.C., August 16, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tatango, the leading SMS fundraising platform for nonprofits and political campaigns, announced today that it has chosen Matt Powers as the organization's new Chief Technology Officer. Powers brings more than 15 years as a technology executive to the company.
Powers starts immediately and will report to Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Fitzgerald. Powers comes to Tatango from AEDIT in New York where he was Chief Technology Officer and Head of Product. At Tatango, Powers will lead global engineering and software development for the rapidly growing organization.
"As an industrial-grade platform that has sent over 10 billion messages and helped organizations raise more than $400 Million, Tatango is seeing tremendous growth and has become the platform of choice for organizations to rapidly communicate and drive fundraising. I am delighted to have Matt join the team and take our platform to a new level of technical innovation which will continue helping our customers leverage the power of mobile messaging to drive optimized outcomes," Fitzgerald said.
Powers began his career at Applico and has held a variety of leadership positions across engineering, product management, and data science functions. Matt focuses on high-growth and innovative technology startups and has a track record of building high-performing teams, leveraging cutting-edge technologies including artificial intelligence, and building user-centric applications that drive positive outcomes. Matt earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree from Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT, and a Masters of Science in Computer Systems Engineering from Boston University.
Powers said, "I am thrilled to join Tatango as Chief Technology Officer. The potential to build on the incredible foundation and accelerate innovation to help nonprofits and other organizations successfully fundraise is exciting. I've had the opportunity to build amazing applications and the potential for Tatango is phenomenal. I look forward to building a world-class engineering team that will expand the product with new features and analytics that help organizations maximize the ROI they receive and get the funds they need to thrive",
Over the past year, Tatango has been building on its time-tested platform and launched new features to drive customer outcomes. Through seamless integration with all major donation platforms, Tatango users can track donations and accurately measure ROI. And, whether via SMS or engaging MMS, Tatango gives marketers and fundraisers an intuitive opt-in platform purpose-built to effectively fundraise. Powers joining Tatango will advance the application, thereby advancing the fundraising its customers can realize.
About Tatango
Since 2007, nonprofits and political campaigns have used Tatango's best-in-class software to create meaningful text message conversations with donors, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars being raised. Made to serve the needs of high-volume senders, Tatango's easy-to-use technology ensures that every client has the features and functionality to fully realize the power of text messaging within their organization. Tatango is a privately-held corporation originally based in Seattle, Wash., with remote talent globally.
For more information, visit tatango.com.
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