Matt Wisdom

Matt Wisdom is the CEO and co-founder of Civilized.ai, an organization focused on enhancing government infrastructure through innovative solutions. Additionally, Wisdom serves as Board Chair of the Wisdom Foundation, which aims to improve government effectiveness in New Orleans, with its first initiative, FixNOLA. As an angel investor since 2021, Wisdom invests specifically in the New Orleans area while pursuing new projects. Previous roles include session and touring bass player for the Jeb Rault Band in 2023, Vice President of 3D Strategy at Shutterstock for a brief period in early 2021, and a long tenure as CEO of TurboSquid, where a customer-centric culture was cultivated. Wisdom's career began with co-founding Chimera Digital Imaging in 1994, contributing to various aspects of visual effects, and was followed by the establishment of iPublish. Educationally, Wisdom holds a BA in History with a focus on Computer Science from Brown University.