Matthew is currently the Director of Digital Strategy & Corporate Communications for the Motion Picture Association of America where he is working with the seven major motion picture studios to chart the future of the media industries in the emerging digital age. He was recruited to his present role from his role as Manager of Website development at FirstLook.com -- an entertainment portal that provided consumers and businesses with the largest database of promotional media for movies, music, games and television programming. Matthew started his career in New York where he spent 3 ½ years in media production working on a number of independent films and the Woodstock '94 Music Festival. He also worked in the New York office of the William Morris Agency, one of the largest talent agencies in the world, where he developed financing partners for independent feature films, created strategies for acquiring and retaining clients and negotiated client contracts.
Following William Morris, Matthew moved to Los Angeles to attend The Anderson School of Business at UCLA where he received his MBA. In addition to his MBA, Matthew holds a BA in Film from Middlebury College. As an undergraduate, he purchased -- and two years later profitably sold --Middlebury Wash & Carry, a local laundry service to Middlebury students. Matthew lives in Santa Monica, California with his wife Alaine and their yellow Labrador retriever, Sophie. He has recently taken up surfing.