Mathew Carl Lindholm

Mathew Lindholm is a Platform Engineer (SkillBridge Intern) at Defense Unicorns. As he completes a 20-year U.S. Army career, he brings experience spanning infantry, aviation, and AI infrastructure.

He enlisted in 2006 and spent seven years in the infantry, rising to Staff Sergeant and serving as a squad leader. He earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge, and Pathfinder, Airborne, and Military Mountaineer qualifications. After graduating from flight school as a Distinguished Graduate, he served nearly a decade as a UH-60M Black Hawk pilot. His roles included Pilot in Command, Air Mission Commander, Unit Trainer, and Aviation Mission Survivability Officer.

In 2023, Lindholm joined the Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, where he supported the Infrastructure and Platforms portfolio. He designed and deployed Kubernetes-based AI inference infrastructure using FastAPI and gRPC, built Next.js applications, and authored Terraform and Ansible modules for repeatable deployments. He also contributed to DevSecOps pipelines and compliance efforts in federal environments.

He completed Carnegie Mellon University’s AI Cloud Technician Program, ranking first in his class. Lindholm holds associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in accounting and is pursuing a master’s degree in applied business analytics.

He credits his success to a strong work ethic, a sense of calling rooted in faith, a passion for his craft, and his wife’s support. His advice to others is straightforward: take ownership of your career and pursue the work that matters to you.