Bio

Matt is a Founding Partner, a member of Mangrove's Investment Committee, and leads Mangrove's internal operating team. In his operating role, Matt guides the firm's efforts to build value in the portfolio. He sits on the boards of all Mangrove portfolio companies, leads strategic planning efforts, mentors management partners, recruits senior talent, and leads special projects at the portfolio company level. Matt also plays a crucial role during the vetting of new investments and when selling Mangrove to prospective portfolio company teams. Prior to co-founding Mangrove, Matt was a partner and Managing Director at Florida Capital Partners. Matt joined FCP in 2001 as the firm's first operating partner. During his five years at FCP, Matt served on FCP's investment committee and participated in the evaluation, negotiation, and closing of multiple platform and add-on investments. Before joining FCP, Matt held several key operating positions in small to medium sized companies, including president of Pacific Bag, a small private equity owned packaging company, as manager of North American operations for Melitta KG (a $2BB German family-owned company), and as the senior product manager for an AMF related company. Matt spent seven years consulting with Booz-Allen & Hamilton and a small engineering consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Matt holds a Bachelors Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech, a Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech, and a Masters in Business Administration from The Darden School at the University of Virginia.