Matthew Dunbar

Mr. R. Matthew Dunbar, also known as Matt, Co-founded Ellipsis Technologies Inc. and serves as its President and also served as its Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Dunbar serves as Managing Director of the Upstate Carolina Angel Network (UCAN) in Greenville, SC. Mr. Dunbar oversees the strategy and operations of a network of more than 50 local angel investors in Greenville and more than 200 around the state. He is a Co-Founder of the South Carolina Angel Network and Palmetto Angel Fund. He is a is Co-Founder and Managing Director of VentureSouth. He began his career as a Chemical Engineer with Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tennessee. He worked with several Fortune 500 clients as a Management Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in Atlanta. He was a Manufacturing and Plastics Engineer with Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, TN. He has been a Director of Entegra Financial Corp. and Entegra Bank (formerly known as Macon Bank, Inc.) since August 3, 2015. Mr. Dunbar serves on the Board of Directors of the national Angel Capital Association and UBOOSTER INC. Mr. Dunbar serves as a Director of VentureSouth portfolio companies. He serves as a Director of Junior Achievement of Upstate South Carolina. He served as Chairman of the Clemson University Woodland Cemetery Stewardship Committee and as a Deacon at Downtown Presbyterian Church in Greenville. He is a Visiting Lecturer in the Clemson University MBA program. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University, Summa Cum Laude and an MBA and master’s degree in education from Stanford University.