Matt was most recently the Chairman and CEO of StorageCraft, a leader in data recovery solutions, where he led the merger effort between StorageCraft and ArcServe. Prior to that, Matt served as the President and CEO of SonicWALL® (NASDAQ, SNWL), a leading provider of intelligent network security and data protection solutions.
In 2010, Matt took SonicWALL private in a highly successful leveraged buyout with Thoma Bravo as well as SonicWALL’s subsequent sale to Dell, where he served as the Vice President and General Manager, Security Products. Matt was also President and CEO of Philips Components where he led the merger of Philips Displays and LG Electronics. Early in his career, he was a technology leader at Apple and at NeXT.
Matt has served on both public and private boards. He was the chairman of the board of LG.Philips LCD and Hosiden Displays of Japan. Matt was also an independent board member of BRE (NYSE, BRE) for seven years where he served as the compensation committee chair, audit committee member and on the executive committee for the sale of BRE to Essex Property 2014. Matt was also on the boards of SonicWALL and StorageCraft. He is currently on the board of TrimTech, and is a Trustee at Bellarmine College Preparatory School in San Jose California.