Matt brings over 20 years of experience in marketing, product management, engineering, business development, and sales in a wide range of technologies to Norwest Venture Partners. Matt was named to the Forbes Midas List as a top 100 dealmaker in 2006 and 2007.

Matt focuses his efforts on communication and storage systems, embedded systems, semiconductors, security, and rich media. He currently serves on the boards of Omneon Video Networks, Reconnex, Retrevo, Spectra Linear, and Summit Microelectronics.

Prior to joining Norwest Venture in 2000, Matt held a number of senior positions with Cisco's IOS organization and the Internet business unit. He established Cisco's security and VPN strategy, situated Cisco as the leading firewall appliance manufacturer, and launched the first load-balancing product.

Previously, Matt was vice president of marketing at Vertical Communications, where he focused on voice-over IP and launched the first MGCP enabled media gateway. In addition, Matt has held various positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, BDM International, and Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) Communications Corporation. He began his career as a cryptological analyst with the U.S. Naval Security Group.

Matt holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in information systems, and a master’s degree in telecommunications management.