Matt founded VRAR Chicago, whose “The Next Evolution” event series has been connecting and growing the XR community in Chicago since early 2017. He has been a VR enthusiast for over twenty years, professionally developing VR & AR applications for commercial customers since 2016. Matt regularly speaks about immersive technology at events, providing thought leadership on content, strategy, innovation, and the business benefits of virtual and augmented reality. He is the previous Chicago Chapter President of the VR/AR Association. Matt is a technology adviser to Loyola University Chicago’s Ignite Lab for Entrepreneurship, an entrepreneurship advisor to Illinois Institute of Technology’s Kaplan Institute for Innovation, and a Designer/Developer member and mentor at 1871 (the World’s #1 Tech Incubator). In July of 2018, Matt led several local groups to host the first Chicago XR Summit, showcasing 25 Chicago based VR and AR companies to over 300 attendees. Matt was the Founder, President and CTO of BUNDLAR, the worlds first no-code Enterprise Content Management Platform for Augmented Reality, which he took from concept in 2018 to functional online platform that in 2022 generated just under $1MM in revenue, supporting customers including Microsoft and the US Air Force.
