Matt Smith

Matt’s career in innovation began in 2001 with DARPA-funded work developing a legged robotics platform acquired by Boston Dynamics (now Google). After a period in Core Engineering at Bombardier aerospace, he co-founded and was CEO of two startups: one an incubator spinning out innovative technologies; the other a retail automation franchisor. Other roles have included Product Manager, VP Operations and Chief Quality Officer at medical imaging startup Aurora Interactive and VP Operations at clean tech company EcoPower (acquired by Mi-Jack). Matt holds an engineering degree from McGill University.