Matthew Pierce

Matthew Pierce

Matthew Pierce for O Labs by Aram Alekyan
Born (1977-12-03) December 3, 1977
Denver, Colorado
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality  United States
Alma mater Stanford University (B.A.)
UCLA Anderson (M.B.A.)
Occupation Co-founder & CEO, O Labs [1]
Spouse(s) Magdalena Sandoval

Matthew Pierce is an entrepreneur, university lecturer, and game designer. He is a former NCAA Champion and was a member of the United States Men's National Swim Team.

Early life

Matthew Pierce attended Stanford University where he was a member of the men’s swimming and diving team. The team won the NCAA Championship in 1998.[2] Pierce was an All-American, an NCAA Champion in the 200 yard butterfly [3] and a Gold Medalist at the World University Games for USA Swimming.

Career

After graduating from Stanford, Pierce co-founded Rosum Corporation which was later acquired by TruePosition.[4] He then moved to Los Angeles, received his MBA at UCLA Anderson and became VP of Strategy at Originate.

Matthew now serves as co-founder and CEO of O Labs,[5][6] a joint venture between Originate, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, and ICM Partners. O Labs incubates and operates early-stage portfolio companies that attempt to address the needs of large enterprises.[7][8] Pierce is a regular contributor to Southern California's Silicon Beach and the Los Angeles startup community.[9]

Pierce is a Lecturer at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a Visiting Scholar in UCLA’s Economics Department where he teaches Entrepreneurship.

Pierce is also a game designer, serving as founder and Chief Creative Officer of Robot Dinosaur Games. He created the game Scenarium[10] [11] and co-founded Versus, a real-money video game tournament platform backed by O Labs.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.olabsventures.com
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-swim/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/record-book-men.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/08/idUS125844+08-Sep-2011+BW20110908
  5. ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/startup-incubator-o-labs-launches-722181
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-o-labs-20140729-story.html
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ http://reyhanilaw.com/blog/originate-and-the-la-tech-scene-a-chat-with-matthew-pierce/
  10. ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robotdinosaurgames/scenarium-a-party-game-for-storytellers
  11. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Robot-Dinosaur-Games-Scenarium-Storytellers/dp/B00NX96H9I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423678575&sr=8-1&keywords=scenarium
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