Our Great Leaders and Investors
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you’re a leader.”
— John Quincy Adams
Matchbox, Inc. is backed by:
Stephen Marcus Founder & CEO
Steve is a successful entrepreneur and investor with over 15 years experience founding and managing technology companies. Prior to founding Matchbox in 2011, Steve was a Venture Partner at New Atlantic Ventures, an early-stage venture fund based in Boston. Before joining NAV, Steve had been the founder of five companies in the mobile, web, and information technology sectors as well as active angel investor and advisor in nearly a dozen startup companies. Steve holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he is a frequent guest lecturer and advisor as well as a former member of the Admissions Committee, and a bachelors degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
"When I'm not heads down on Matchbox, I’m spending time with my wife Elena, attempting to golf, playing Call of Duty, and watching my UCONN Huskies!"
James Sullivan VP, Engineering
Jim is the guy every office needs – he’s the guy who is good at computers, doesn’t get frustrated by basic IT questions, and is MacGuyver when it comes to coding. Jim is President and Board Member of Cambridge Cloud Partners, and has spent the past 12 years leading CRM and software implementations at companies such as HubSpot, Avid, and Black Duck.
Angel Navedo Director, Customer Success
With 19 years of admissions experience, including a lengthy stint as the Associate Director of Admissions at MIT Sloan School of Management, Angel is well versed in the problems inherent in the university admissions process. He has spent his career working to recruit, evaluate and enroll students into MIT Sloan’s MBA program. His experience makes him the perfect person to ensure Matchbox customer’s success – he is the embodiment of our tagline “for admissions professionals by admissions professionals.”
Diana Martz Director of Recruitment
Diana brings several years of recruitment experience to Matchbox, having most recently led the recruitment team at OpenView Venture Partners. Diana’s job is to make sure that we’re bringing in the best of the best – and that we’re doing everything we can to keep top talent here at Matchbox.
Peter Zotto Account Executive
Peter joins Matchbox after spending several years as a venture analyst at OpenView Venture Partners, where he spent his time sourcing new deals in the enterprise software space. Peter is also an advisor to Cocoa Box Software, the developers of top ranked iPad app Penultimate (see? He gets the iPad).
Nicholas Bourey Senior Software Engineer
Nicholas has been developing cool iOS applications since the iPhone was first launched in 2007. While at DS Media Labs he was the lead architect of several successful iPhone apps including FLOverload, the arcade-style game based on the ‘80s Amiga classic Pipe Dreams. Nicholas is also our resident Doogie Howser—he started taking college classes at Eastern Connecticut State University while he was a sophomore in high school.
Andrew Shepard Senior Software Engineer
Andy is a software developer focused on iOS. Prior to joining Matchbox, he was a software developer at Sword Agencyport where he played a large part in incubating their mobile practice. Andy is a gardening enthusiast, and developed an iPhone/iPad application to manage his garden called GrowJo.
Maximilian Alexander Dunn Thayer Senior Software Engineer
Max comes to Matchbox with a passion for education and technology and a background in system sciences and Python programming. While at University of Oregon, he worked with administrators to streamline courses and programs. In observing the structural barriers holding back institutions from providing the best education they could, Max became inspired to resolve such problems through innovative technologies -- like Matchbox.