Hi, I'm Matt
Generative AI Researcher • Educator • Strategist • Author • Consultant •
Founder • Synthetic Reality • Generative AI • Simulations • Metaverse
About me
Matt is a visionary and thought-leading technologist with a 30+ year tenure driving and delivering successful large scale, transformative and high value technology projects. Combining an excellent grasp of business and technical disciplines in advanced technology architecture, engineering, operations and product development, Matt has been able to synthesize disparate domains to create innovative new technologies and products helping to advance applications of emerging technologies.

- Expert advisor on how to best leverage generative AI and emerging technologies using agile methodologies within business and industry to rapidly create high ROI for product and service development.
- Deep experience in systems and software engineering over Internet, mobile, cable and telecom networks, consistently deploying highly value products and services.
- DevOps and Agile evangelist with a thorough experience leading and motivating cross-functional software and hardware engineering teams navigate through complex initiatives.
- Professional focus and expertise on lowering costs, maximizing efficiency, and delivering quality, customer-centric, innovative solutions that support business revenue and growth.
- Award-winning MBA with deep background designing highly available platforms and services on top of distributed systems leveraging emerging technologies.
Resume
Experience

Head of Architecture & Engineering
Amdocs · Full-time · 2020 - Present
Denver, Colorado, United States

CEO & Founder
Berkeley Synthetic · Full-time · 2022 - Present
Berkeley, California, United States

Teaching Faculty, Data Science
University of California, Berkeley · Part-time · 2022 - Present
Berkeley, California, United States

Principal & Chair, Digital Asset Management
Metaverse Standards Forum · Part-time · 2022 - Present
San Francisco, California, United States

Co-Founder & Chair, Technical Advisory Committee
Open Metaverse Foundation · Part-time · 2014 - Present (former Executive Director) Linux Foundation Project
San Francisco, California, United States

Author
Wiley & Associates · Part-time · 2022 - Present Generative AI: The New Era of Artificial Intelligence – A Practical Guide for Business Leaders
San Francisco, California, United States

National Director, Data Science
IBM · 2018 - 2020 · 2 yrs2018 - 2020
Irvine, California, United States

Director, Enterprise Architecture and Technology Innovation
Shaw Communications · 2016 - 2018
Denver, Colorado, United States

Principal Architect, Video, Applications and Security Technology
CableLabs · 2013 - 2016
Denver Colorado, United States

Senior Director, Video and Applications Technology
Rogers Communications · 2006 - 2013
Toronto, Canada Area

Senior Manager, Engineering
Sprint · 2003 - 2006
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education

Master of Science (M.Sc), Data Science
University of California, Berkeley
Grade: 4.00

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
University of Denver - Daniels College of Business
Grade: 4.00

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Information Technology
York University
Grade: 4.00
Volunteering

Chair, Robotics And Automation Society
IEEE
Jan 2019 - Present · 4 yrs
Education

Mentor
FIRST Robotics
Sep 2013 - Present · 9 yrs
Science and Technology

Mentor
The WICT Network
Jun 2016 - Present · 6 yrs 7 mos
Science and Technology
Licenses & Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon

CCNA
Cisco

Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance

ITIL Practitioner
Axeos

PMP
PMI Toronto Chapter

AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate
Amazon

CISSP
(ISC)²

IT Information Library Foundations Certification (ITIL) 4
AXELOS Global Best Practice

P.Eng
Professional Engineers Ontario

Scaled Scrum Master Certified (SSMC)
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Organizations
VRAR Association
Member · Feb 2022 - Present
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Jan 2017 - Present
Association of Enterprise Architects
Member · Dec 2016 - Present
Web Networks
Director · Jun 2016 - Present
Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry
Member · Jun 2015 - Present
The White Foundation
President · May 2015 - Present
SCTE
Associate Board Member · Dec 2014 - Present
Project Management Institute
PMP · Mar 2014 - Present
Colorado Technology Association
Member · Jan 2014 - Present
Information Systems Audit and Control Association
Member · Jan 2014 - Present
Information Systems Security Association
Member · Nov 2013 - Present
IEEE Cybersecurity, Computational Intelligence, Consumer Electronics & Communications Society
Member · Jan 2012 - Present
Professional Engineers of Ontario
Professional Enginer · Jan 2012 - Present
3GPP
Individual Member · Jan 2007 - Present
Open Metaverse Foundation
Jan 2006 - Present
Moving Picture Experts Group
Jan 2013 - Jan 2015
IETF
Feb 1995 - May 2007
W3C
Mar 1995 - May 2007
Projects
Testimonials
Skills
- Generative AI
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Big Data Analytics
- Robotics
- Cloud Computing
- Architecture
- Streaming Media
- Network Security
- Engineering
- Software Development
- Research
- Integration
- Project Management
- Strategy
- Agile Methodologies
- Mobile Applications
- Software Design
- Information Security
- Enterprise Architecture
- Scrum
- Security
- Telecommunications
- Virtualization
- Wireless
- Mobile Devices
- IP
- Network Architecture
- Information Technology
- Business Development
- Infrastructure
- Standards Development
- TCP/IP
- User Interface Design
- Linux
- Executive Management
- Leadership
- Public Speaking
- Management
- OTT
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Modelling
- Internet of Things
- M2M
- Lean Startup
- Speech Recognition
- Technological Innovation
- Encryption
Contact me
Today’s business environment demands critical thinkers and innovative leaders to drive transformation and growth; always keen to expand connections, please connect directly via LinkedIn. Requests for public speaking, consulting and training please email me.
