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Hi, I'm Matt!

I study ISST at Cornell

exploring | building | growing

About Me

Who:

Student at Cornell University from Long Island, NY

Major: Information Science, Systems, and Technology (Data Science & UX concentrations)

Minor: Dyson Business Minor for Engineers (Entrepreneuership concentration)

Passionate about building, exploring, and making a positive impact on others

Currently:

Vice Team Lead of Cornell AppDev

Cornell Kessler Fellow

Product Managmement Intern @ Capital One (Summer 2023)

Interests:

FinTech & Sports Tech

Poker

Journaling

Favorite Reads:

When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi

Atomic Habits - James Clear

Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson

Projects

Some projects that I've recently completed

Experience

What I've done in the past and what I'm up to right now

Big Red Routes

Cornell AppDev

Cornell FinTech Club

Principal Financial Group

Co-Founder and Product Manager

Co-founded Big Red Routes, a rideshare app for Cornell students tailored towards longer trips to share the cost between riders and promote global sustainability.

Product Manager of Eatery

Lead team of 12 designers, developers, and marketers by roadmapping grow of Eatery, Cornell's most popular student-run app.

Fullstack Financial Software Engineer

Developing the front and backend of a fintech website that tracks the alpha-beta values and factor exposure of stocks & funds and analyzes personal projectss

Software Engineering Intern

Directed the Life IT research and development system by conducting 8 live interviews with end users, resulting in a streamlined version of the Life Admin console using Salesforce and Apex software.

Thoughts

Click the titles in the boxes on the right to read the full pieces on Medium

What's the Best Way to Make Progress?

If you can maximize the A to D path then you can make immense progress like no other

The Art of Building and What I Learned

Building is about the process not the results. Successes and failures, my documented journey along the way.

My Thoughts on FinTech and Where it's Going

I started getting into FinTech at the start of 2022, when crypto was booming and everything was going right in the economy

What Makes a Fulfilling College Career?

Friends, classes, clubs, Greek life, professors? My opinions and advice from graduating seniors