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Matt is a recognized sales leader in the high-tech communications sector with over 33 years experience building wireless, wireline and enterprise networks. He has held various sales and product management positions throughout his career. He currently leads the U.S. Service Provider and Enterprise business for Nokia focusing on meeting the operational, security and business challenges of Service Provider/Enterprise organizations.

Prior to Nokia, Matt was Vice President of Sales of Alcatel-Lucent’s Verizon Wireless customer team and Director of Sales in Alcatel-Lucent’s T2 Service Provider market segment helping Alcatel-Lucent introduce new products/services in both segments and grow market share significantly.

He started his career in 1993 working for RELTEC Communications selling infrastructure equipment (Digital Loop Carrier, Outside Plant & DC Power) to service providers in the U.S. market. RELTEC Communications later became Marconi Communications through acquisition and then he focused selling ATM gear (FORE Systems was acquired by Marconi) in the service provider market. He joined Alcatel-Lucent in 2002 to create and lead their FTTH/Broadband sales team. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the University of Michigan Business School and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Case Western Weatherhead School of Management.