Matthew Brady
Teaching Assistant Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics

Koelbel - 465C

Biography

Matt Brady is an Instructor in the Organizational Leadership & Information Analytics (OLIA) department at the Leeds School of Business at the 精品SM在线影片. As part of the program that Matt runs to promote building ethics & empathy into innovation, he has created curricula on digital transformation and business technology. These courses include and . He also teaches , frequently sponsors , and has earned the credential. Matt serves as the Faculty Advisor to the (the first such group in the world). In his first year on the faculty, Matt launched the , providing students with design thinking and agile development experience (and cash) while also delivering working SaaS applications (and cash) benefiting non-profit organizations in the Boulder, Golden, and Denver communities.

Matt is a serial entrepreneur. His latest startup is , a collaborative decision optimizationTM platform that helps organizations make important decisions using information instead of intuition. He is actively collaborating on projects in . Matt has had five successful exits across FinTech, IoT, Energy, and HRTech, including three of which he held an executive role, and serving as a director, investor, and/or advisor to the others. The breadth of Matt鈥檚 experience with fundraising and liquidity events includes听equity rounds from angel investors and venture capital firms, IPO, acquisition by a strategic buyer, as well as acquisition and recapitalization by private equity firms. He is an experienced CEO as well as a 鈥減layer-coach鈥 in the areas of Management & Strategy, Innovation, and M&A. Matt is a frequent speaker on next-generation leadership, customer success, and decision science. He has extensive speaking experience in venues from boardrooms to industry conferences to community-building events. He is a passionate builder of people and organizations.

Education

MBA, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

BS, Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Purdue University

Honors

  • Leeds AI听Teaching Excellence Challenge Award
  • Gillespie Entrepreneurial Teaching Award
  • Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative 鈥 awarded a grant and selected as a Faculty Ambassador for the 2022-2023 academic year, delivering seminars on the ethical imperative and competitive advantage of high-quality decision-making
  • 鈥 providing training to their global network of CEOs and Executives called "Decide Better: Decision Science for Leaders"
  • 鈥 industry conference presentation entitled "The Frontiers of Decision-Making: Innovations & Applications at the Leading Edge"
  • 鈥 industry conference presentation entitled "Emerging Analytics - a showcase of the most innovative uses of analytics to support decision-making"

Courses

Currently offering courses in Business Analytics & Information Management (BAIM), Business Administration (BADM), and Management (MGMT):听

  • (formerly )
  • (equivalent to )