Matt Murray

Matt Murray has over seven years of work experience in operations, marketing, growth, and customer relations. Matt began their career in 2013 as an Event Coordinator for Octagon. In the same year, they also worked as a Community Manager for SportsLock, where they were responsible for social media management, mobile app marketing, user engagement, growth hacking, market research, and customer service. In 2014, they became the Manager of Growth and Operations for Gekks, where they focused on digital marketing, influencer marketing, operations management, manufacturing quality control, customer service, business development, and inside sales. From 2017 to 2020, Matt worked for Peerspace in various roles, including Market Manager for the East Region, City Launcher, and Expansion Manager, where they drove supply-side acquisition in the Chicago Metro from 150 listings to over 1000. In 2020, they were promoted to Operations Manager.

Matt Murray attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 2008 to 2012, studying Sports Management. Matt has also obtained several certifications from LinkedIn, including "Becoming Head of Sales: Developing Your Playbook" (June 2020), "Selling to Executives" (June 2020), "Sramana Mitra on Bootstrapping" (June 2020), "Entrepreneurship: Raising Startup Capital" (May 2020), "Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh on Blitzscaling" (May 2020), and "Strategic Thinking" (May 2020).