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Frame the right decision.
We work with executives and operators to define the outcome, constraints, owners, and measures of success before recommending a build.
About
Complex systems.
Clear business value.
Palmetto Interactive is a national consultancy founded in Charleston. We help leaders turn fragmented knowledge, emerging AI, and difficult technology decisions into systems that improve how the business operates.
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Lead through delivery.
Senior leadership stays accountable through architecture, delivery decisions, stakeholder alignment, and the realities that surface once work begins.
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Leave capability behind.
We strengthen the team that owns the work, document the decisions and architecture, and make knowledge transfer part of delivery from the start.
Founder & principal
Charleston roots · National enterprise delivery
Matt Lucas
Matt is a Charleston-area technology executive with two decades of experience turning difficult data, architecture, and delivery problems into practical business outcomes. As Palmetto's founder, he brings that perspective to the firm's work, keeping executive context connected to delivery decisions.
His experience includes serving as Field CTO for Financial Services at Stardog from 2024 to 2026 and nearly ten years at Morgan Stanley, including as an Executive Director leading global technology delivery across complex enterprise programs. Earlier architecture and consulting roles at IBM and OpenPages included translating client needs into technical blueprints and leading teams of four to twelve engineers.
That combination of executive context and hands-on technical depth informs work across agentic AI, knowledge graphs, ontologies, semantic technologies, enterprise architecture, enterprise data, transformation, and production delivery. Matt holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Xavier University.
Agentic AI systemsKnowledge graphs & ontologiesEnterprise architectureEnterprise data & transformationProduct & delivery leadershipOperating model & handoff
2024–presentPalmetto Interactive · Founder & Principal
2024–2026Stardog · Field CTO, Financial Services
2014–2024Morgan Stanley · VP and Executive Director, Technology
2006–2014IBM & OpenPages · Architecture, consulting, and delivery leadership
2006Xavier University · BS, Computer Science
Matt and his wife, Sarah, are raising their family in the Lowcountry. That Charleston perspective shapes Palmetto's approach: earn trust, build what lasts, and stay accountable for the outcome.
The work behind the work
Production experience, not slideware.
membl is Palmetto's suite of open-source developer projects: Sweetgrass for coordinating agent-driven work, Lantern for repeatable coding-agent sessions, and Marsh for self-hosted CI. Building and operating the tools keeps the advice grounded in production reality.
membl.io ↗How and where we work
Charleston is home.
The work is national.
1121 Park West Boulevard, Suite B #103
Mount Pleasant, SC 29466
(843) 732-1460 · [email protected]
Palmetto works with organizations across the United States, bringing senior leadership into the room in the country's major business markets. Delivery is nationwide, with on-site collaboration where the work needs it.
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