Matthew is the VP of Research & Business Solutions, Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence Coaching & Training Programs. Matthew completed his Doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania, where he investigated the relationship between leadership effectiveness, Emotional Intelligence (EI), and mindfulness. Matt regularly authors articles on these topics, and he is a co-author with Dan Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Peter Senge, Amy Gallo, Vanessa Druskat, Annie McKee and others featured in 4 leadership Emotional Intelligence reference books. In September he co-authored an article in Harvard Business Review with Dan Goleman, and has presented his research at Bank of America, and University of Virginia.

Matthew has previously held leadership roles at two major software companies, SAS Institute and i2 Technologies (now jda), where he managed operations and teams in North America and Europe. He has also raised capital, transformed business models, and held leadership positions with smaller organizations, in addition to having been a Junior Olympic competitor (Tae Kwon Do), and an outdoor guide.