I'm Matt.

I build institutions designed to leave people better off.

I grew up the oldest of three brothers and learned early to take responsibility for the people around me. For a long time, I tied my self-worth to achievement and perception. These days, I'm more grounded. I care about doing meaningful work, being a good partner and friend, and building a life that is both ambitious and sustainable.

I live in Tampa and spend a lot of my free time on a pickleball court.

I started my first small businesses as a kid — garage sales, candy routes, early software projects. When I was eleven, I was hired by the head of technology at Morgan Stanley to build a mobile game for him and his son. I didn't have the language for it then, but I knew I loved building things people used.

Since then, I've founded several companies across financial infrastructure, marketplaces, and software.

My first scaled company was a global payroll and compliance platform that helped businesses run payroll in more than 100 countries. The work required navigating regulation, payments, and operational complexity at scale, and gave me a lasting respect for the systems that quietly power the world.

Along the way, I was ranked the #1 speaker in the country, coached two national debate champions, and wrote what Pete Kazanjy called "the best writing in modern cold outbound."

I'm still ambitious — but less interested in proving something, and more interested in contributing to work that improves how people live.

I'm particularly drawn to problems that require institutional thinking and long time horizons.

If you're building something thoughtful and enduring, I'd enjoy connecting.