Matt’s undergraduate degree is from Brown University, where he studied organizational behavior, economics, and architecture, and where he also played football. He furthered his postgraduate studies and research in these fields while coaching football at Penn State University and the University of Rhode Island. Matt also taught secondary math as an RI-certified teacher while earning his MBA at URI.

Matt has worked across organizational levels to devise and implement integrated change strategies to improve results, processes, and relationships for an array of industries, institutions, and community organizations, including Bank of America, Harvard University, Hasbro, General Dynamics, BMW, Lazard, Texron, and Pfizer.  

As an organizational behavior practitioner, Matt facilitated corporate retreats at URI and designed and taught in Brown University’s Practice of Management Certificate Program. Matt is also the author of “Successful Leaders Aren’t Bullies,” published by Simon & Schuster.