Matt is a finance professional with over 25 years of experience leading finance and business operations teams in a variety of roles in the consumer internet and software industries. Most recently, Matt led the teams responsible for Financial Planning & Analysis and Go-to-Market Strategy & Operations at Slack Technologies (now a Salesforce company). Prior to Slack, Matt led High Gear Media (HGM), a consumer internet content company, which was acquired by Internet Brands. Before HGM, he spent 6+ years at Yahoo! Earlier in his career he worked as a research analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Bear Stearns. Matt started his career as an attorney in the law firm of Cacace, Tusch & Santagata, focusing on commercial litigation. Matt graduated from the College of William & Mary with a concentration in Government and a minor in Economics. Matt was a member of William & Mary’s Varsity Swimming and Diving team. Matt also earned a Juris Doctor from George Washington University, in Washington, DC and an MBA from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. Matt is a member of the New York and Connecticut Bar Associations and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

As COO of Slack, Neil Shah combined data, strategy, and operations to deliver against business goals. Prior, he built and led BizOps teams at Slack and Twitter, consulted with McKinsey, and earned degrees from University of Michigan and Harvard Business School. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two kids.