Matt is an IT professional with over 25 years of experience who brings a unique blend of technical expertise and creative flair to the table. His background bridges several IT disciplines including endpoint management, server administration (Linux and Windows), and applications architecture and development. Matt's an advocate for innovation, encouraging folks to move to a DevOps mindset, and promotes the use of automation tooling to improve everyday business practices. He believes the concept of "embracing laziness" is a powerful driver of innovation and creative solutions.

Matt enjoys exploring and demystifying new and emerging technologies and enjoy creative pursuits including 3D printing, home automation, software development in novelty "bot" projects, and is a theatre nerd and participant including a decade-long run as a leader in a nonprofit community theatre organization.

Come find and chat with Matt about anything -- session content and technical stuff, life, theatre, the (sadly retired) Twitter MMSMOA Retweet Bot (@mmsmoabot), pick up a sticker, or most importantly obtain one of the limited-edition tchotchkes he's created and printed for this edition of MMS!