faculty

Expertise

Team building and talent management, performance coaching and development, followership

Experience

Matt enlisted in the Army as an infantryman in December 1987 and was stationed at Fort Drum, NY with the 10th Mountain Division. Starting in 1992, he served with the elite 75th Ranger Regiment where held many leadership positions throughout 3rd Battalion and was the officer in charge of the 75th Ranger Regiment’s Pre-Ranger Course where he prepared military leaders to pass the Army’s toughest training course, U.S. Army Ranger School. During his time with 75th Ranger Regiment in August 1993, Matt and his company deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia in support of Operation Gothic Serpent. The battle made famous by the best-selling book and movie Black Hawk Down. Later, he served as the Operations Sergeant at the U.S. Army War College and taught leadership at The Johns Hopkins University ROTC program. Matt’s last military assignment was as an Infantry Company First Sergeant in the 10th Mountain Division. He and his men spent 15 months in Iraq during “the Surge” fighting AlQaeda and implementing the counter insurgency strategy. Matt retired in 2008 and spent a decade in the healthcare, non-profit and data management sectors before exploring his entrepreneurial spirit. He is a partner and co- founder of a consulting firm specializing in preparing young leaders to join and compete in the workforce. Matt has been a professional speaker for over 20 years.

AWARDS/HONORS/PUBLICATIONS

Matt was a Master rated parachutist, a sniper and an honor graduate of Ranger School. He wore Thai, Egyptian and British jump wings. For Matt’s service in Mogadishu, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor device. Matt received an honorary degree from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. He is a Significant Sig in the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He won an Emmy for a documentary “Send Me” about the advances of battlefield medicine in Afghanistan. He has co-authored three non-fiction NYT Best Sellers.

Organizations

• Order of St. John
• Society of the Cincinnati

Personal

Matt and his wife Tori live three miles from the Atlantic Ocean and spend every moment they can in the sand and surf. They are rabid NC State Wolfpack fans and visit their daughter Molly there whenever they can.