Wealth Systems
“The only way to see the future is to build it.”
Wealth Systems is a newsletter dedicated to helping you achieve personal sovereignty. True wealth extends beyond your bank balance. Wealth is the freedom to shape your days around purpose and meaning. It is about having autonomy over the rarest resource: Time.
But you cannot wish your way to sovereignty. You have to build the infrastructure for it.
About The Architect: Matt McDonagh
I am an entrepreneur, investor, and engineer based in NYC.
I describe myself as a “recovering Investment Banker” turned Data Engineer. My career began in high finance, but I quickly realized that banking lacked the efficiency I craved and the magic of technology. After co-founding a hedge fund that utilized automated financial statement analysis, I pivoted entirely into technology to build the systems I wish I had on Wall Street.
I am technically hands-on and obsessed with leverage.
Whether I am competing in a Kaggle competition, crushing a hackathon, reading the latest ML research, or architecting a GTM strategy, my goal is always the same: applying data to generate real-world value.
My “Why”
I operate at the intersection of three worlds:
Engineering: Running McDonagh Technologies to bring technical solutions to market. Writing about AI, Engineering and the future of Technology at Life in the Singularity.
Investments: Managing a Single-Family Office that layers capital with operational support and data and/or software engineering.
RevOps: Optimizing revenue engines through strategy and analysis. Writing about revenue operations at Mastering Revenue Operations.
I started writing Python in 2009 and have been a Salesforce Administrator for over a decade. One of the best place’s to watch a company grow (or die) is from inside the CRM.
More recently, I develop AI agents and use context engineering for everything. These are great for helping companies grow faster.
Why does this matter to you? Because I don’t just write about wealth, I code it. I use these same engineering principles to build systems that automate the mundane, manage risk, and create time freedom.
It’s why I think mechanically. Its the reason I build “wealth engines” and talk about making your wealth system reliable and efficient.
In Wealth Systems, I open-source this playbook. I share the mindsets, methods, and technical tactics I use to run my life like a high-performance start-up.
My mission is to help you build your own systems so you can stop operating from obligation and start operating from inspiration.
The Technical Specs
For those who want to know what’s under the hood:
Code: Data Engineering (15+ years), Python (14 years), JavaScript (10+ years), SQL.
Systems: Salesforce Admin (10+ years), Master Data Management, AI System Design.
Strategy: Corporate Strategy, GTM Architecture, Business Operations.
Join Wealth Systems now to start learning and building.
