Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Matt studied Aerospace Engineering and Industrial Design at Ohio State University. His career started with designing automated manufacturing assembly machines before designing the first C8 mid-engine Corvette, including the full-scale interior mockup and testing multiple full-scaled wind tunnel models. Matt also co-founded an Innovation Department at GM, where he led the hardware and prototyping teams focused on next-generation and autonomous vehicles. Matt subsequently directed the design of multiple eVTOL interior and exterior features, user-tested future aerial ride-sharing interior cabins, and managed full-scale vehicle builds (such as the CES 2020 Hyundai S-A1) as Uber Elevate’s Sr. Industrial Design Lead.