Matt is currently a Partner and Head of Talent at venture firm M13. In this role Matt leads all Talent engagement across M13’s portfolio, and sits on the board of several HRTech companies including Northstar and Interviewing.io. Matt was previously the Head of People at cloud infrastructure startup DigitalOcean, where he was responsible for leadership in the practice areas of people operations, talent acquisition, talent development, and employee experience. In 4 years Matt helped scale the company from under 100 employees to over 500. DigitalOcean has received a number of external recognitions for its innovative People practices, was recently profiled in Harvard Business Review for its agile approach to performance development, and during Matt’s tenure was named as one of the Best Places to Work in NYC by USA Today, and the #1 Best Mid-sized Company to Work for in New York by BuiltinNYC . Matt has held a number of HR and people leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies including JPMorgan Chase and Avon, serves on the advisory board of several early stage startups, and is a founding member and the NY lead of PeopleTech Partners. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his graduate degree in Organizational Psychology from NYU.
