Matthew has worked in telecommunications since 2003 working with many of New Zealand's telcos, mobile operators, 2nd tier operators and regional WISPs. He worked on 2degrees’ marketing launch, got 'naked' with WXC, spent time on Telecom's rural broadband stand with BCL and helped Kordia win a TUANZ award in 2009.
During his time as Commercial Director at Bypass Networks, he helped it grow into an international company with 20M users on the platform. After shifting the media landscape in NZ with a product called Global Mode, they pivoted their focus onto keeping kids safe online.
Matthew is the founder of On The Side and offers Commercial Advisory Solutions to help technology entrepreneurs commercialise ideas, and achieve commercial viability. He is also a high impact entrepreneur for the Edmund Hillary Fellowship.
He is working with Enroller and MageBinary to reinvent their business models and is also helping other companies pivot to thrive in a postCOVID world. An expert in industry disruption he specialises in antifragility frameworks to create pathways forward to thrive from chaos.