A seasoned marketing professional with 25 years of experience, Matt is the rare leader who walks the line of executing complex projects while also empowering colleagues to excel at their roles. Matt produces new events that deliver new audiences within emerging automotive, aerospace, and transportation markets that are essential to growing SAE's global reach. Covering topics such as electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, urban air mobility, and smart cities, his events reach all stakeholders involved in creating the future of transportation. -Conceives and executes 15-25 events annually attracting more than 10,000 users-50% of registrants are new to SAE-Six-figure sponsor revenue annually-Analyze market trends and insights to offer events and topics of highest interest and market relevancy-Collaborate with market research team, marketing team, and sales team on all events-Topics such as electric vehicles, infrastructure, urban air mobility, additive manufactures, alternative fuels, hydrogen, batteries, defense, aerospace-Works with hundreds of subject matter experts in mobility, energy, and transportation industries-Member of LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group-Driving force behind getting Martin Luther King Jr. Day recognized

Wasowski runs Nerd Nite, the second largest global presentation series (behind TED Talks) which he expanded from two domestic cities in 2008 to nearly 125 worldwide. At a typical event, experts in various disciplines give fun-but-entertaining 18-21-minute presentations about various topics while the audience drinks along. And there are often bands, acrobats, trivia, and other shenanigans as well. Imagine learning about everything from math feuds or the science of the Simpsons, to the genealogy of Godzilla or debunking beer myths. Fun, right? As nerds and non-nerds like to say, Nerd Nite Is Like the Discovery Channel™…with Beer!Nerd Nite only existed in Boston from 2004-2006 when Wasowski was then asked by the founder to bring it to New York. From there, Wasowski expanded the scope of the series from beyond science and was also tasked with spreading it into more cities. Since Wasowski became CEO, Nerd Nite has sprung-up on six continents and has had nearly 500,000 in-person attendees and 2 million online viewers.• Nerd Nite is second largest global lecture series (after TED Talks) • Wasowski manages the entire global organization which consists of approximately 350 volunteer staff at ~100 cities. He's responsible for starting all new chapters, ensuring brand consistency across all Nites, attracting sponsors/partners, and social media• Editor of best-selling Nerd Nite book, How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi• Host of Nerd Nite NYC• A media darling, Nerd Nite featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, PopSci, Reuters, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, NHK Japan, and The Atlantic, among countless others.• Launched the careers of presenters at science and culture festivals around the world, such as SXSW and TEDx.• Moderated events at The Smithsonian Institute and Long Island University Hospital, and has regularly consults w/science festivals and other cultural institutions across the country.