Matthew J. Hill, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, United States

Principal Consultant facilitating strategy, change and leadership development initiatives in financial services, IT/engineering, healthcare, consumer, and government. Use social science research to guide strategy/visioning projects, understand complex systems, and implement change through campaigns, action learning projects, and process improvement workshops.• Facilitated an immersive “One OD” leadership workshop for the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) Office of the Director (OD). Used stakeholder interviews to identify opportunities for improved communication & collaboration among senior staff, define a shared vision, and lay the foundation for the OD Strategic Plan. • Directed digital transformation strategy for major financial institution. Conducted a digital vision workshop, orchestrated bi-annual town halls, and directed four digital pilot implementation projects that led to Salesforce adoption, a new small business lending program, and revamped online banking services. • Taught digital transformation masterclass for the Credit Union Executive Society (CUES). Outlined disruptive industry forces, five digital change arenas, and cultural forces that support organizational transformation. • Guided multi-year strategy implementation for an aerospace engineering firm. Facilitated quarterly executive team meetings, directed action learning projects that streamlined the prototype-to-product pipeline, and supported the implementation of a new governance and multi-year financial planning processes. • Directed M&A, strategy, and organizational design projects for national non-profit technology provider. Aligned board members and the C-Suite around a public sector business model for data lab acquisition, supported transition to equity-based social enterprise, and rightsized business units and back office functions. • Orchestrated executive team building engagements with clients in financial services, government, and retail sectors.

Amherst, Ma

Consultant and Senior Fellow in Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning at UMass Amherst.• Drafted 2 successful organizational change proposals for $275K in federal government contracts that improved collaboration between US National Parks and tribal nations. • Acted as PI and project manager, leading NPS engagements from planning to implementation; managed project resources & key stakeholders, hired & supervised staff, oversaw budgets, wrote technical reports and made public presentations. • Developed $1M, multi-disciplinary NSF proposal on the impact of urban green space governance models on biodiversity and place attachment; organized proposal workshops, defined conceptual frameworks.• Taught graduate/undergraduate level seminars on cultural and organizational theory and methods.

Philadelphia, Pa

Executive Director of Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP), a University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice initiative aimed at developing integrated data systems (IDS) to help governments improve the quality of their programs and services. • Implemented a $1M Arnold Foundation grant, facilitating adoption of integrated data systems (IDS) by states and local governments, and establishing standards for IDS governance, legal issues, data standards, technology/data security. • Drafted a successful $600K Annie E. Casey Foundation proposal to provide training and technical assistance to states and local governments seeking to develop an IDS, creating a request for applications, and overseeing grantee selection.• Drafted a successful $500K Sloan Foundation proposal to create a national network of Administrative Data Research Facilities (ADRF) and co-organized a public-academic research colloquium on the use of administrative data for social policy.

Philadelphia, Pa

Directed social science research for the Travelers-Wharton Partnership for Risk Management and Leadership at the Wharton School of Business. • Developed tools, methodologies and strategies that facilitated analysis of large data sets including 100 semi-structured interviews with chief risk officers, 200 10-K corporate annual reports, and ten years of historic stock price data. • Played multi-faceted project management role, including hiring, training and managing three Wharton-based research teams, directing development of key deliverables, and overseeing project timelines.

Taught advanced seminars on global cities and urban development.• Taught advanced courses on globalization and urban development in the Urban Studies Program.

Philadelphia, Pa

• Directed needs assessment for global 3rd party logistics firm, resulting in the sale of $3M executive development program for senior leadership; helped implement the program, coaching 6 Action Learning projects.• Developed a revenue generation strategy for Philadelphia Parks & Recreation; aligned key stakeholders around a ‘one-stop-shop’ concession approval process; proposed concessions that generated $1M in new revenues. • Facilitated strategic planning process for Tech Impact, a regional nonprofit technology provider, which led to the creation of a cloud-based service delivery model and enabled the organization to expand on a national level.

Philadelphia, Pa

Associate at organizational development and design consulting firm that grew out of the Wharton School of Business. • Led a strategic planning process for Philadelphia Center City District (CCD) that aligned the CCD around a shared vision as an urban infrastructure developer, focusing on the historic West Market Street urban corridor.• Co-managed the Wharton Dubai Leaders Action Learning Program, coaching 60 business professionals from Dubai World in a year-long training program, creating curriculum materials, and developing solutions to real business problems.• Strengthened post-discharge transitions in care at the Univ. of Pennsylvania Health System, organizing a campaign with senior leadership/medical staff to identify and distribute innovative programs across all hospital entities.

Phd, Sociocultural Anthropology

Graduate Studies Philosophy

Ma, Philosophy

B.A., Chemistry