Matt has spent nearly two decades in marketing, content, and innovation roles across venture-backed and public companies. He was the first Chief Marketing Officer at Kraken, served as Studio Head at a Sony Pictures innovation lab, and led marketing at BitTorrent as it grew to 175 million users. He is the bestselling author of The Pirate’s Dilemma (Simon & Schuster / Penguin) and created Hard Times (Penguin), an infographic novel exhibited at MoMA and awarded Best in Show at SXSW. Fast Company ranked him #11 on its list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. Matt began his career as a pirate radio DJ in London, and was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the seminal music magazine RWD. Matt lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and their two kids.
Matt has spent nearly two decades in marketing, content, and innovation roles across venture-backed and public companies. He was the first Chief Marketing Officer at Kraken, served as Studio Head at a Sony Pictures innovation lab, and led marketing at BitTorrent as it grew to 175 million users. He is the bestselling author of The Pirate’s Dilemma (Simon & Schuster / Penguin) and created Hard Times (Penguin), an infographic novel exhibited at MoMA and awarded Best in Show at SXSW. Fast Company ranked him #11 on its list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. Matt began his career as a pirate radio DJ in London, and was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the seminal music magazine RWD. Matt lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and their two kids.
