Matt has 15 years of experience leading and developing advanced software products with a principal focus on capabilities supporting offensive and defensive cyber operations. Prior to starting Finite State, Matt spent most of his career at Battelle, the world’s largest private R&D company. Matt was the technical founder of Battelle’s Cyber Innovations Business Unit and served as its CTO for five years. In that role, Matt oversaw dozens of simultaneous intelligence and security programs, led business development efforts, managed the internal R&D portfolio, and served as product manager for several cutting-edge hardware and software products. Matt spearheaded numerous intelligence programs related to the security of embedded systems and has been a speaker on the subject at government conferences. Matt holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University.