R. Matthew Inawat

About R. Matthew Inawat

Experienced executive and forward thinking business and digital operations leader with 22 years hands-on demonstrated expertise planning and executing enterprise-level strategic initiatives for driving transformation, performance and customer happiness across organizations.Strong leadership experience within the media & publishing and education industries with skill sets spanning organization leadership, IT service management and IT development, sales, event management, team building, and media relations.Trusted partner, self-starter, problem solver and people advocate who envisions strategic goals with a history of leading and navigating teams and organizations to consistently exceed expectations. Engaging communicator who establishes strong collaborative working relationships between C-suite leadership and stakeholders; and cross-functional teams through successful execution of complex corporate projects and programs in record times.

Experience

1. President, CTO

   Gopride Networks

   Apr 2002 — Present

   GoPride Networks has been connecting, challenging and inspiring people and communities through news stories, interviews, and promoting entertainment and event opportunities that make a difference in the lives of LGBTQ individuals, allies, businesses and cities.Currently manages business operations and technology vision and strategy. On the tech side, manages IT service relationships, architecture and development of Azure/AWS/cloud hosting and components and oversees strategy, coding, development and deployment of all web/network technology (platforms, security, databases, integrations) across our network of sites.

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  College of Business Administration, Executive MBA Program

• Trailhead by Salesforce

  Trailhead Rank RANGER (106 Badges)

• University of Illinois Chicago

  BA, Liberal Arts, Communications

Skills

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Newsletters
• Strategic Planning
• Strategy
• Online Advertising
• Online Marketing
• New Media
• Email Marketing
• Copywriting
• Web Design
• Journalism
• SEO
• Public Relations
• Press Releases
• Digital Media
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Media Relations
• Editing
• Copy Editing
• Marketing
• Blogging
• Management
• Team Building
• Content Strategy
• Marketing Strategy
• Social Media Marketing
• Publishing
• Event Planning
• Social Media
• Leadership
• Digital Marketing
• Photography
• Event Management
• Google Analytics
• Photoshop
• Editorial
• Content Management
• System Administration
• Creative Writing