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Matt Wisdom is listed as Building stuff. Again. at Civilized.ai, based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at shutterstock.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Matt Wisdom.
Matt Wisdom previously worked as CEO, Co-founder at Civilized.Ai and Board Chair at Wisdom Foundation. Matt Wisdom holds Ba History, With A Personal Focus On Computer Science from Brown University.
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I grew up in New Orleans and never imagined living anywhere else. Leaving college, I faced a problem returning home: there were no meaningful tech jobs in NOLA. To stay, I had to create my own companies. My first venture — Chimera Digital Imaging in the 90s — produced TV ads, 3D animations, and special effects, but we struggled financially due to limited local clients, and our work wasn’t widely seen.In 1999, inspiration struck with a more ambitious vision: a global marketplace for 3D models, photos, and stock media. We launched TurboSquid in 2000, incorporating the Chimera team. Today, millions of artists across over 150 countries use TurboSquid, and you've seen their work countless times. I built the technology as CTO, and then served as CEO for most of its history, overseeing the sale of key technology to Autodesk in 2011 and the acquisition by Shutterstock in 2021, totaling a $101 million exit.Along the way, I worked to build a local tech community. In 2005, I co-authored Louisiana's Digital Interactive Media incentives, which spurred entrepreneurial growth in New Orleans & Louisiana. I've chaired the non-profit New Orleans Startup Fund since its inception, investing in over 80 regional companies.Committed to fostering leadership, I studied as a Henry Crown Fellow with the Aspen Institute, deepening my interest in addressing complex societal challenges. I co-chaired Mayor Mitch Landrieu's technology transition team upon his entry into office, and Mayor LaToya Cantrell's overall transition in 2018. This gave me a front row seat into New Orleans government.After selling TurboSquid, I took a break but returned in 2023 to start FixNOLA.net and the Wisdom Foundation to tackle New Orleans' infrastructure issues. Our goal is straightforward: track and report citywide problems reported by citizens — like potholes and drainage issues — with accurate data, highlighting what has been fixed and what needs attention. We believe FixNOLA has created the most precise dataset on the city's infrastructure and 311 reporting.Working on FixNOLA revealed that cities worldwide face similar challenges. In 2024, I launched Civilized.ai, a for-profit company with rockstar staff from TurboSquid, to develop tools that help government workers and citizens communicate and solve these problems globally. Civilized is collaborating with major cities, and I'm grateful we can offer FixNOLA and New Orleans our support for free. Thanks to the TurboSquid acquisition, I can do this work without needing contracts or compensation from the city.Wish us luck!
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New Orleans, Lousiana, US
I founded Civilized to bring modern solutions to some of the oldest and toughest challenges in government infrastructure. After a year of learning firsthand from FixNOLA’s work, it was clear that cities need better tools to manage resources, report problems, and engage with citizens. Civilized is taking what we’ve learned in New Orleans to build a platform.
The Foundation’s mission is to drive government effectiveness by tackling some of New Orleans' most visible infrastructure problems. Our first project, FixNOLA.net, was launched to bring transparency to the status of reported city issues — like potholes, drainage problems, and abandoned vehicles. Using reports from the 311 system, we’ve created a “ground.
Investing with a focus on New Orleans. Generally taking a break from Angel to focus on new ideas I’m working on.
Playing & touring for Jeb Rault in Switzerland.
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
During my time as CEO, we've instilled an agile, metrics-based culture of success and built a management team of distinguished industry veterans. We've switched from being a product-oriented company to a customer-driven one. Our resources are heavily focused on what we do best -- running a 3D marketplace. Revenue has grown dramatically and we have clear.
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Co-founded and contributed the original idea for TurboSquid, helped manage and fund the organization, and built a phenomenal development team. During this period, I managed all client/server product design and development from initial beta through the first six years of releases, including key initiatives such as integration with Autodesk's 3ds Max, early.
Co-founded a general publishing platform for user generated content of all types. Merged ideas and team into TurboSquid.
Co-founded a visual effects firm where I did everything from 3D animation (starting with Alias V4), Compositing (Flint), Plugin Development (Flint/Flame/Inferno), and some editing and sound work as well as being a producer. The work was mostly for hundreds of broadcast spots but also legal trials as demonstrative evidence. It was a great education in.
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Matt Wisdom works for Civilized.ai.
Matt Wisdom is listed as Building stuff. Again. at Civilized.ai.
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Matt Wisdom holds Ba History, With A Personal Focus On Computer Science from Brown University.
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