As the Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of The Planting Hope Company Inc., Matt uses technical skills and his own passion for culinary arts to design, develop, and continuously improve the lineup and bring new products to life for TPHCI. Matt’s career started off in engineering. He began working for General Motors where he helped launch the Hummer H3. Matt was then recruited by Toyota in San Antonio before being transferred to Toyota’s Crash Safety division outside of Ann Arbor, MI. While working a full-time job with Toyota, Matt took classes at night towards his MBA at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. After Toyota, Matt was recruited by Amazon and joined one of the original fulfillment centers, RNO1, as an Operations Manager. In 2015, Matt joined with the other founders to start TPHCI. Matt received his BSME from Kettering University and his MBA from the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business.