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<br/>Matthew became is a University Innovation Fellow from the Spring of 2015 cohort. He is attended Kent State University and gratudated with a Bachelors of Science in Technology and an Associates of Applied Science in Computer Design Animation and Game Design, Art and Animation student at Kent State Universityin Fall '15. While going to school he is also was the Director of Technology at NEO LaunchNET, formerly Blackstone LaunchPad , at Kent State University and Lab Tech for College of Technology, Kent Campus. Matthew, is was also President of Imagineers at Kent campus.
Imagineers is a club centered around for all students where he taught different skills in tools for game design and animation . The club encourages students to work and explorer the field of game designoutside of class. As President he's pushing the The club to teach students new skills that are not openly taught in class as well as create a place for also provided open discussion on trending technology and interests.
Aside from work and school he continually seeks to improve his knowledge in the field of 3D modeling, entrepreneurship and general technology. He also likes to read about major current events and pose questions about them to my friends for open debate, which sometimes includes him playing devils advocate.
Since graduation Matthew loves discussion but unfortunately the world he was brought up in does not, this is what Matthew aspires to changehas worked with a Virtual Reality startup and a local e-commerce webdesign company.