Matt is passionate about the potential for smart materials, smart surfaces, and IoT to transform the built environment. Before founding LAIIER, Matt was co-founded Bare Conductive, where he drove the creation of the largest printed electronics prototyping community on the planet, driving to the top of the $3BN industry as a technology enabler to engineers and designers and thought-leader to blue-chip companies. Matt earned a dual master's at Imperial College London, and the Royal College of art in Industrial Design Engineering, and an undergraduate in Economics at Colorado College. In addition to his role at LAIIER, Matt is also a visiting design engineering tutor at multiple universities. Originally from Colorado, USA, Matt has extensive experience in the outdoors, and the positive impact that accesses to wild spaces has on our wellbeing.