Matthew is an engineer. In everything, he loves hearing about strange jobs, working on odd tasks, listening to a retired phone technician tell the history of phone systems from creation to PBX.

Matthew is a volunteer, with years working in homeless shelters with his family, counseling, working with, and building up those affected by opioid dumping in Appalachia. He is a volunteer trainer in technical topics (CompTIA, computing, skills people can study without expensive equipment and for better jobs).

Matthew has been asked to speak about his family’s work recovering a kidnapped child for a homeless shelter, whistleblower support, data exfiltration, death threats and fraud, knowing first hand the picking, insidious effects of systemic abuses and how to work against, within, around harmful systems and for better.

Matthew understands the value of knowledge applied for the betterment of others. Knowledge in a vacuum is nothing at all.