Operators who build. Builders who ship.
Faction Group is a product design lab at the intersection of deep business consulting and modern AI engineering. We've spent decades designing scalable products and bringing digital platforms to market.
The team behind the lab
Real names. Real track records. Real products shipped.
Matt Murphy
Matt calls himself an operator: a cash-flow-positive founder. Across 30 years in technology he has taken platforms from idea to exit, including the social media command center firm he founded and engineered, whose deployments served 76 of the Fortune 100 across 57 countries before it was acquired into the Microsoft ecosystem. He is the author of Not Murphy's Law, and his builds range from AI logistics and mobility platforms to the agent orchestration infrastructure behind Faction's client deployments.
At Faction he leads the V2 thesis: your current business is V1, the prototype that proved what works, and Faction rebuilds it as an AI-native V2 while V1 keeps running. He works shoulder to shoulder with operators as their Chief AI Officer, sets the methodology his engineers ship by, and holds the line that has defined Faction from day one: automate the right things, protect the rest, and never bolt AI onto a business that should be rebuilt for it.
Beth Wilson
Beth is a co-founder of The Faction Group and brings 25+ years of product leadership across B2C, B2B and SaaS. As SVP of Product at Match.com, she helped scale platforms to millions of users globally. She has also served as SVP of Product at Censeo Health (now Signify Health) and CPO/COO at Beanstalk Predictive, building products and the teams behind them.
At Faction, she leads product strategy, management and design, turning business goals into clear roadmaps and products people want to use, with AI where it counts.
Justin Montgomery
Justin is the CTO of The Faction Group, where he turns AI strategy into systems that actually run. He has operated a digital agency since 2003, two decades of working where technology, data and growth meet, and he moved that practice early into AI consulting and marketing automation. It's what made him a natural fit for Faction.
At Faction, Justin leads development of AIOS, the V2 build that rebuilds a company's operation as one AI-native platform while the current business keeps running. He architects the agents built into every workflow, the guardrails that keep them in check, and the evaluation loops that gate every release. The result is AI that does the work, not AI bolted on.
Joel Shakespear
Joel runs Faction's partner and channel network: the MSPs, referral partners, and agencies that bring Faction into their clients' businesses. He came to the role through deep technical work, as a core contributor to the orchestration infrastructure behind Faction's agent deployments, which is why Faction's partners get answers from someone who has built what they're selling.
He also leads engineering recruiting, bringing in the builders Faction ships with, and works closely on the Faction community and the marketplace initiatives at mattmurphy.ai.
Alana Landon
Ensures Faction's client engagements run smoothly from kickoff through deployment. Manages project timelines, client communications, and operational workflows that keep complex multi-phase product builds on track.
The connective tissue between the business strategy and technical execution teams.
We believe in building right, not building fast
Discovery before code
Every engagement starts with deep business understanding. We disqualify 60-75% of prospects because we'd rather build the right thing than bill for the wrong one.
AI-native architecture
We architect systems from the ground up to be intelligent, modular, and ready to evolve as capabilities accelerate.
The human element
Companies fail at AI when they automate tasks people enjoy. We identify what to automate and what to protect.
Integrity over revenue
Long-term relationships, not quick wins. Every decision reflects what's actually right for the client.
Grow with us
We work with partners who share our values and bring opportunities where we can do our best work.
Refer a client, earn a standard 10% of the total contract value for the life of the contract. A real partnership.
Your referral, your credit. We track from first introduction through every future engagement.
Full visibility into engagement status, commission tracking, and client progress.
Something together.
Whether you're a potential client or partner, we'd love to hear what you're working on.
Our methodology is the same 13-layer production standard used across Production Discovery, AIOS, and the Conveyor Belt. Start with Production Discovery →