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EXPERT PROFILE
Matthew Abernathy, MBA is a highly motivated Business Development executive with a proven track record of over 15+ years of driving strategic revenue growth, securing critical funding, and building long lasting partnerships across diverse sectors. Matthew has a knack for cultivating enduring client-centric relationships and leading high-performing teams in dynamic and growth-oriented environments. Matthew is highly sought for his ability to utilize high-impact, executive-level communication skills and creative rapport building to strategically identify, cultivate, solicit, close, and maintain high value relationships.
Before joining Mind Ventures Matthew served as Regional Director of Development for the University of Notre Dame - a leading teaching institution at the forefront of research and scholarship where he earned a Master's degree. Over the years Matthew has been privileged to befriend and work closely with a number of notable Fortune 500 C-Level executives and other high profile, high-capacity individuals and families. Prior to his time at Notre Dame, Matthew tackled IT infrastructure problems at a leading technology consulting firm.
Over his tenure, Matthew has worked on solving a myriad of complex challenges with leadership from firms like Johnson Controls, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, A.O. Smith, Baird, The Jordan Company, Ryan Speciality, Paine Schwartz Partners, Menard’s Inc., Land’s End, Culver’s Restaurants, A&W Restaurants, Macerich Retail Properties, Retail Data Systems, Dart Container Company, IMC Companies, HUB International, United Airlines, and Trimble Navigation and more.
Matthew lives in Lincoln Park, Chicago and proudly serves as a Board Member for The Trinity Irish Dance Company, has Co-founded two start-up companies, and is an accomplished contemporary abstract painter and musician.
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”