Matt Spangard
CPO/CTO — Product, Technology & Innovation Leader
- Role
- Founder & CEO at Digitarian Ventures
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Matt Spangard
I lead teams to build transformational products, platforms and businesses.I have helped organizations innovate worldwide for more than two decades. Some highlights include: • Built the world’s largest open innovation marketplace.• Created the world’s first AI financial advisor.• Created the technology that became the Ring video doorbell.• Produced an Emmy award-winning television series about innovation. • Created a tool for the US Patent & Trademark Office to help companies identify IP threats and opportunities.• Created an early IoT product and platform that was featured and funded on Shark Tank.• Created a SaaS marketplace to help university tech transfer offices license their intellectual property to corporations. • Spoken about innovation at summits across the country and with media outlets such as CNN and NPR.I have built and led both local and distributed teams from around the world.I have co-founded many startups — usually serving as head of product or technology — and I have worked with some of the largest, most innovative organizations on the planet, such as Amazon, IBM, Yahoo, P&G, General Mills, NASA, NIST and the US Patent Office.
Experience
Founder & CEO
May 2017 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US
Strategic digital product, Web3 and innovation consulting. I also launched several consumer brands under the Digitarian Ventures umbrella: 5506’ Outfitters, Pain Free Athletes and Drone Brigade.
Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA, School of Media & Journalism
1993 — 1996
Skills
- Agile Methodologies
- Brand Development
- Brand Innovation
- Email Marketing
- Online Advertising
- Web Development
- Web Design
- SEO
- Product Development
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Social Innovation
- Entrepreneurship
- IT Systems Development
- Public Relations
- Online Marketing
- Media Relations
- User Experience
- Writing
- Open Innovation
- Strategic Partnerships
- Social Media Marketing
- Information Architecture
- Product Management
- Start-Ups
- Television Production
- Video Production
- Web 2.0
- Change Management
- Marketing
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