Thomas Watson once said, "Good design is good business." Ever since I worked with the graphic design team on yearbook staff in college, I've realized how true this is. Without great design, even the most brilliant technology falls flat on its face.--Matt Hamann is a software engineer and technologist with more than a decade of experience designing and building web/cloud and mobile applications. After graduating from Bob Jones University with a B.S. in Information Systems Management, he continued his education at Carnegie Mellon University, receiving a Masters degree in the same field.Throughout his career, Matt has worked for both small businesses and Fortune 50 companies. His roles have spanned cloud architecture, security, and team leadership. He's always looking for ways where technology intersects with liberal arts.Matt firmly believes that teams do their best work when they understand their why. Great leaders run great companies because they establish a clear mission. Matt's goal is to enable businesses to fulfill their mission through excellence in software.Matt is currently the CTO and co-founder of Rownd, a frictionless authentication company based in Raleigh. Formerly, he spent over a decade at IBM building secure, policy-compliant, cloud-native systems at scale. If there's code involved, Matt is never far away.In his free time, Matt enjoys being a musician, playing piano, organ, and trombone. He appreciates an eclectic variety of music but has a passion for most anything traditionally classical or crossover. He's also an avid reader of fiction, non-fiction, and periodicals.