Matthew Thornton

Matthew Thornton has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Matthew currently holds the role of CMO at Rapta Inc, where they focus on training and deploying AI for industrial applications. Prior to this, Matthew was a Co-Founder at TruMakers. From 2018 to 2022, they served as the Senior Director of Business Development at Siemens PLM Software, leading the organization responsible for customer ideation workshops, IIoT consulting, and market and customer development. Matthew's previous roles at Siemens include Western Regional Manager, Global Marketing Manager, US Marketing Manager, Senior Product Specialist, and Account Manager. Throughout their career, they have achieved notable accomplishments such as increasing Western automation business by 30% and generating $3.4M in industrial automation business for Dell Technologies, Saturn, Nissan, and Trane plants.

Matthew Thornton attended Brenau University from 1995 to 2000, where they obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree with a focus on Marketing and Management. Additionally, in April 2008, they obtained a certification as a Certified Profibus Engineer from PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI).