With a career spanning 30 years, Matthew has co-founded six start-ups after holding leadership and executive roles at Apple, WebMD, Shutterfly, and SAP. At all those companies he leveraged design to delivered increased market share, increased customer value and end-user engagement.

Collaborating with executive leadership Matthew fully engages design as a key differentiator for business, while helping design leaders make the shift from creative thinkers to business leaders. Many of designers he has managed or mentored have moved on to executive roles at companies such as SAP, GE, Oracle, Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, JPMorgan Chase, Nike, etc.

Matthew also advises early stage start-ups on how to effectively balance their investments in technology, design, and marketing to maximize their roadmap’s impact.

In addition to his professional work, Matthew has also taught design at Stanford, The Royal College of Art, The Ohio State University, and Mills College, and he is a frequent keynote speaker on design leadership and prototyping business strategy.

In addition to his career as a design executive, Matthew has also successfully exhibited artwork work in San Francisco and Seattle for the past 20 years, selling work both nationally and internationally.