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Biography

Matt Brady is an Instructor in the Organizational Leadership & Information Analytics (OLIA) department at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado. As part of the�� program that Matt runs to promote building ethics & empathy into innovation, he has created curricula on digital transformation and business technology. These courses include�� and��. He also teaches��, frequently sponsors��, and has earned the�� credential. Matt serves as the Faculty Advisor to the�� (the first such group in the world). In his first year on the faculty, Matt launched the��, providing students with design thinking and agile development experience (and cash) while delivering working SaaS applications (and cash) benefiting non-profit organizations in the Boulder, Golden, and Denver communities. Since then, Matt helped found & launch the to connect students with seed and venture funding, mentoring, and talent resources in the Boulder startup community.

Matt is a serial entrepreneur. His latest startup is��, a��collaborative decision optimization^TM��platform that helps organizations make important decisions using information instead of intuition. He is actively collaborating on projects in������������. Matt has had five successful exits across FinTech, IoT, Energy, and HRTech, including three in which he held an executive role and served as a director, investor, and/or advisor to others. The breadth of Matt’s experience with fundraising and liquidity events includes equity rounds from angel investors and venture capital firms, IPO, acquisition by a strategic buyer, and as acquisition and recapitalization by private equity firms. He is an experienced CEO and a “player-coach” in Management & Strategy, Innovation, and M&A. Matt is a frequent speaker on next-generation leadership, customer success, and decision science. He has extensive speaking experience in venues from boardrooms to industry conferences to community-building events. He is a passionate builder of people and organizations.��

Education

MBA, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

BS, Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Purdue University

Honors

• David B. Balkin and Rosalind & Chester Barnow Endowed Innovative Teaching Award��–��for work leveraging AI for “Citizen Developers” to improve user access and build automation for Tomorrow’s Societies
• Leeds AI Teaching Excellence Challenge Grants (2x)��– for advancing the pursuit of innovation through autonomous AI agents delivering value for builders and stakeholders
• Gillespie Award��–��for promoting entrepreneurship in and out of the classroom
• Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative��– awarded a grant and selected as a Faculty Ambassador for the 2022-2023 academic year, delivering seminars on the ethical imperative and competitive advantage of high-quality decision-making
• – providing training to their global network of CEOs and Executives called "Decide Better: Decision Science for Leaders"
• – industry conference presentation entitled "The Frontiers of Decision-Making: Innovations & Applications at the Leading Edge"
• – industry conference presentation entitled "Emerging Analytics - a showcase of the most innovative uses of analytics to support decision-making"

Courses

Management Information Systems (MIS) courses specific to Business Analytics & Information Management (BAIM):��

• - Data Management for Business
• - Low-Code for Citizen Developers
• - Leadership in the Digital Age
• - Customer Success with Salesforce CRM