Matt Heider is an experienced go-to-market executive and entrepreneur, with a strong track record focused on high impact venture-backed technology businesses. As a CxO, Board Member, and Advisor, he leverages two decades of experience in driving best-in-class technology solutions out into global markets.Matt is currently on the executive leadership team at Danelec, a Verdane-backed technology scale up, having joined the firm with its acquisition of Nautilus Labs in 2023. Previously, he was CEO at Nautilus Labs, taking the SaaS company from the pre-revenue and pre-product stage through multiple rounds of venture-backed growth to exit. Raising over $45M in funding from top tier investors to scale, Matt grew the business across three continents to support a globally distributed industry and client base. Nautilus was an industry pioneer in bringing ML/AI technology to a deeply antiquated industrial vertical. Matt and Nautilus were recognized as a Forbes Next 1000, Bloomberg NEF Pioneer, and CB Insights GameChanger.Prior to Nautilus, Matt built the first sales and account management teams at Andela, a Softbank-backed Unicorn focused on connecting the global tech talent market. First from Lagos, then Nairobi, and ultimately now global, Andela has been a pioneer in distributed workforce focused on solving a core challenge: brilliance is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. It has played a critical role in globalizing tech teams for scale-ups and corporates.Prior to his last decade spent in the venture-backed space, Matt also has a track record of important outcomes in sales, marketing, and business development for some of the largest enterprises in the world, ranging from technology (IBM), to healthcare (Philips), to financial services (American Express). He obtained his MBA from the University of Washington and his BA from George Washington University.