Mathieu Olivares
Product Manager & Builder | B2B SaaS, AI, Industry
I design purposeful products for complex environments, blending product and industrial expertise.
01. About
Product Manager with 10 years of cross-functional leadership and continuous improvement under my belt. I bring deep industrial rigor and a very hands-on approach to building products that actually work.
My years in industry taught me how to operate in high-pressure environments, deal with multiple stakeholders, and own the kind of high-stakes topics where data, execution, and user adoption make or break the outcome.
Today, I put that background to work on B2B products and business tools. From user research to MVP, I turn operational pain points into simple, solid, impact-driven solutions, leaning on AI, automation, and tight collaboration with engineering teams.
My mission: turn complex problems into products people actually want to use.
02. My Expertise
I connect user needs, business constraints, and product execution to build solutions that are grounded, concrete, and worth the investment.
Product, Tech & AI
Ops, Industry & Performance
Product & Strategy
Tech Projects 03.
Flagship Project
LINQA: SaaS for Industrial Supplier Management
Ten years wrestling with Excel files to track suppliers. Enough. I built the tool the industry was missing: a SaaS cockpit that pulls together quality, delivery, and risk data, and starts spotting problems before they blow up.
The Lab: Side Projects & Experiments
E-ink Dashboard
A screen on the wall. No flashy LEDs, no scrolling. Just the essentials: weather, calendar, home sensors, morning trains, displayed on e-ink like ink on paper. I built the aggregation backend, the control interface, and even the 3D-printed case. Been using it every day for two years.
Anti-Gaspi
Tired of tossing expired yogurts forgotten in the back of the fridge. So I built an app: scan the barcode, AI cleans up the product name so it's readable, and Home Assistant pings you before it hits the trash. All self-hosted in my homelab.
AI Agent
Three AI agents that work so I don't have to. The first schedules my bike rides by checking the weather. The second sends me a morning briefing from my Notion tasks. The third runs my smart home by voice. Everything goes through n8n, Telegram, and zero manual effort.
Wishlist
The classic family Christmas problem: everyone wants to give the same thing, nobody knows what to ask for. I built a secure app with role management, secret gift reservations, and even a togglable snowflake theme. My family actually uses it, and their feedback beat any formal user test.
Connected Pomodoro
A physical timer sitting on my desk. I press it, and my iPhone switches to focus mode on its own over Bluetooth. My Mac follows right behind. When the Pomodoro ends, everything goes back to normal. One gesture, zero distractions.
Connected Safe
A wooden safe. Decorative, useless. Perfect for a technical challenge. I modeled a gear mechanism in 3D, wired up a Raspberry Pi Zero with an NFC reader, and reverse-engineered the Apple HomeKey protocol. Result: the safe opens when I bring my Apple Watch close. Useless? Totally. Satisfying? Absolutely.