Matt Smay
Matt Smay
Director of Strategic Partners
Gloo
Denver, CO
About the Presentation
“Gloo & the Entrepreneurial Adventure of Building the World’s Leading Faith Ecosystem”
This presentation will be in a Q & A format, including audience participation, and address among the following questions:
- What is Gloo?
- Who is the team behind Gloo?
- Why do you pursue this mission?
- Is Gloo a for-profit organization?
- How much money has been raised and from whom?
- What has been the growth strategy?
- Why is Gloo is planning to go public?
- What lessons have you learned about the entrepreneurial process?
- What is the global expansion strategy of Gloo?
- How have you harnessed AI for the greater good?
- What have been some of the highs and lows of the process of building the infrastructure for Gloo?
About the Presenter
Matt is currently working as a director of strategic partners at Gloo. Matt most enjoys working on the 'big picture' to help architect solutions to serve organizations with their leadership development and go-to-market initiatives. In his spare time, Matt enjoys working directly with high capacity leaders as a mentor, coach, and consultant.
Previous to Gloo, Matt co-founded an organization called Missio, a ministry committed to training, developing, and apprenticing leaders utilizing online learning platforms. Matt has co-authored several books and resources, The Tangible Kingdom released in April of 2008 with Jossey-Bass and The Leadership Network Series, The Tangible Kingdom Primer, released in April 2009 with Missio Publishing, and a book released by Zondervan in conjunction with Leadership Network and The Exponential Series in April 2010 called, "And: The Gathered and Scattered Church.
Outside of work, you will often find Matt spending time outdoors, adventuring with his wife and daughters. He is an avid fly fisherman, mountain biker, golfer, backpacker, and snow boarder.