A serial entrepreneur, Matt has spent his last twelve years helping to grow Northwest technology startups, both from the product and business sides. In 2003 he co-founded ActiveRain, largest social network for real estate professionals, currently with over 170,000 members. Serving as President and CEO until late 2007, Matt's vision led to ActiveRain's rapid growth and lead to him being named as one of the 100 most influential people in the real estate industry four times.
More recently he launched Timu.com, a social media platform for amateur sports teams, as well as being involved in several other online ventures. Matt holds a Bachelors in computer science from The Evergreen State College.
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