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    Matt Wallaert

    Matt Wallaert (He/Him)

    Leading applied behavioral science at scale - former head of BeSci at Microsoft, Clover Health, LendingTree, frog/CapGemini. Founder, exited.

    Advisor San Diego Cornell University '08
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    About
    Achievements

    Managed teams of 100+, budgets of $10M, DAU of 10M, revenue of $60M

    Career spans academia, founding startups and being acquired, director and investor at Fortune 50, C-Level at an IPO

    Pioneered the use of applied behavioral science in business, including a best selling book and over 500 talks worldwide

    85% of coworkers would actively seek out working with me again; underrepresented individuals are just as likely as white men

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Product Development Behavioral Psychology Social Psychology Behavioral Economics Personal Finance
     
    Experience
    Microsoft Accelerator
    Microsoft Accelerator
    Director of Ventures 2015 - 2016 (over 1 year)
    Moved to NYC to build out the Microsoft Ventures presence in the second largest tech ecosystem. Vetted hundreds of companies as the gateway to our accelerators, business development,... more
    Microsoft
    Microsoft
    Director of Behavioral Science 2012 - 2016 (almost 4 years)
    Brought on to transform the Product function at Microsoft, which had typically been engineering lead. Grew out the behavioral science function and launching products with... more
    Thrive (acquired by Lendingtree)
    Exit
    Thrive (acquired by Lendingtree)
    Head of Product 2008 - 2009 (over 1 year)
    Joined out of grad school, rebuilt the product to create measurable behavior change resulting in 50+ point average credit score increase, then sold to LendingTree, staying... more
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    Exit
    Estimize
    Advisor
    CommitChange
    CommitChange
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    Rock Your Block
    Rock Your Block
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    WeWork Labs
    WeWork Labs
    Mentor
    LendingTree
    LendingTree
    Employee
    RentHackr
    RentHackr
    Advisor
    Authentic Matters
    Authentic Matters
    Advisor
    piggymojo
    piggymojo
    Advisor
    RoomHints
    RoomHints
    Advisor
    ThankLab
    ThankLab
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    JetHunter
    JetHunter
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    Moneythink
    Moneythink
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    Hire an Esquire
    Hire an Esquire
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    Clover Health
    Exit
    Clover Health
    Chief Behavioral Officer 2017 - Present (about 9 years)
    Joined management team to build out the behavioral science function and add startup exec experience. Responsible for various business units, including customer service and... more
    Frog Design
    Frog Design
    Global Head of Behavioral Science 2021 - 2022 (over 1 year)
    frog has been a dominant creative studio for over 50 years, designing everything from the Apple IIc to Disney’s Magic Band experience. Lead the behavioral science transformation,... more
    Churnless
    Churnless
    CPO 2009 - 2012 (over 2 years)
    Started a company to build behavioral science interventions, usually technology-based, for everyone from AMEX to the AARP. Grew team to 20+ people and 20%+ profit margins... more
    Employee
    Microsoft, Microsoft Accelerator, Thrive (acquired by Lendingtree), LendingTree, Churnless, Frog Design, Clover Health
    Advisor
    CommitChange, Estimize, Hire an Esquire, Rock Your Block, Moneythink, ThankLab, RentHackr, Authentic Matters, JetHunter, RoomHints, piggymojo
    Mentor
    WeWork Labs
     
    Education
     
    Projects
    Bing in the Classroom
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