Our Team

Matt led the creation of Acumen and leads the development of a breadth of Association Analytics technologies. These innovations include the extensible data architecture designed specifically for associations, integrations with industry-leading source systems, the Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and advanced analytics solutions involving recommendation engines, natural language processing, and various predictive models.

Matt contributes a unique combination of technology, business, and strategy skills along with strong association knowledge to Association Analytics customers. He played a key role in the development of the Analytics Strategy and Roadmap (ASR) service and product implementation processes. Matt has also had the opportunity to apply his diverse industry knowledge of e-commerce, healthcare, retail, software development, manufacturing, financial services, and government across a range of Association Analytics customers. This role provides Matt the opportunity to keep Association Analytics customers on the forefront of innovation with research and development efforts that include voice-enabled technologies, IoT applications, and image recognition.

Matt’s career in the association world began with his role as the Business Intelligence Manager for the International City-County Management Association. His previous experience also includes leading e-commerce business intelligence for a Fortune 500 retailer, providing professional services for a Silicon Valley software company, and developing the financial modules of an ERP application.

Matt holds a master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Electronic Commerce, a joint program between the school of computer science and the Tepper School of Business, along with a master’s in public policy (MPP) degree from George Mason University that provides valuable insight into mission-driven organizations. He is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds SAS Certified Predictive Modeler Using SAS Enterprise Miner and Cloudera Certified Developer for Apache Hadoop (CCDH) credentials.

Matt is an avid follower of public policy, economics, and business and always enjoys exploring the DC-area.