Matthew Pierce (born December 3, 1977) 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.
Matthew Pierce | |
|---|---|
 Pierce for O Labs | |
| Born | December 3, 1977 |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (B.A.) UCLA Anderson (M.B.A.) |
| Occupation(s) | Co-founder & CEO, O Labs [1] |
| Spouse | Magdalena Sandoval |
Early life
editMatthew 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
editAfter 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
edit- ^ "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 [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Reuters
- ^ "Startup Incubator O Labs Launches From ICM, Law Firm Manatt and Design Firm Originate". The Hollywood Reporter. July 30, 2014.
- ^ "Originate, Manatt & ICM pool expertise to launch new incubator O Labs".
- ^ Times, Los Angeles (July 30, 2014). "Manatt, ICM, Originate launch O Labs, new investment arm for startups". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Seave, Ava. "Looking For Ugly Lets New Incubator Differentiate". Forbes.
- ^ "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.