Matthew Pierce
| Matthew Pierce | |
|---|---|
 Matthew Pierce for O Labs by Aram Alekyan | |
| Born |
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
- ↑ "O Labs".
- ↑ "Stanford University's Official Athletic Site - Men's Swimming - GoStanford.com - Stanford Athletics".
- ↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-swim/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/record-book-men.pdf
- ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/08/idUS125844+08-Sep-2011+BW20110908
- ↑ "Startup Incubator O Labs Launches From ICM, Law Firm Manatt and Design Firm Originate".
- ↑ "Originate, Manatt & ICM pool expertise to launch new incubator O Labs".
- ↑ Times, Los Angeles. "Manatt, ICM, Originate launch O Labs, new investment arm for startups".
- ↑ Seave, Ava. "Looking For Ugly Lets New Incubator Differentiate".
- ↑ "Originate and the LA Tech Scene. A Chat with Matthew Pierce. - Reyhani Law".
- ↑ "Scenarium - a party game for storytellers".
- ↑ "Scenarium - A Party Game for Storytellers" – via Amazon.