About

Don’t be shy

 

About

 

Matty is a designer of everything.

He…

  • …grew up in West Hollywood drawing lots of inventions

  • …moved to Santa Cruz to study Theatrical Set Design at UC Santa Cruz

  • …moved back to L.A. to be a production assistant on Titanic

  • …moved to San Francisco to work as a web programmer and got really into Flash

  • …moved to Tokyo to work for Dentsu as a Senior Design Technologist

  • …moved to Italy and started a Master’s Program at the Interaction Design Institute of Ivrea

  • …moved to New York City and finished a Master’s Program at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)

  • …founded a 10-person, Series A funded startup called Kinfo based on his Master’s Thesis

  • …worked at Intuit as a UX Designer and Innovation Catalyst

  • …worked at Gannett doing Design Thinking

  • …founded a 3-person, Angel-funded startup called System Financial based on his experience fixing other people’s finances

  • …worked for a few more startups

  • …took the Pandemic as an opportunity to learn to solve the Rubik’s Cube, learn to bake bundt cakes, and get back into programming

  • …moved to Portland to buy a house and experience seasons

  • …did such a good job furnishing and decorating his new home that people started paying him to design their homes.

 
 
 

Don’t be shy…