Matt Watson (entrepreneur)

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Matt Watson
Born
Matthew Allan Watson

July 7, 1981
NationalityAmerican
Education Bachelor of Science
Alma mater DeVry University
Occupation Software development
Years active2000 - present
Known forFounder and CEO of Stackify, CTO of VinSolutions

Matthew Allan Watson (born July 7, 1981, in Oklahoma City) also known as Matt Watson, is an American entrepreneur and the current CEO of Stackify LLC, a technology company based in Leawood, Kansas. In 2003, Watson co-founded and served as CTO of VinSolutions, a developer of online CRM and lead management software for auto dealerships. [1] [2] In 2011, VinSolutions was sold for $135 million to AutoTrader.com. [3] [4] Then Watson founded Stackify in January 2012 [5] [6] to assist software developers in troubleshooting and support with a suite of tools including Prefix and Retrace. [7] [8] Watson has credited his experience at VinSolutions for the skills necessary to build Stackify. [9] [10] During the same period, he also launched the Watson Technology Group to support other entrepreneurs via angel investing. [11] Watson received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer information systems at DeVry University in 2009.

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References

  1. "VinSolutions sale in rearview, Watson hones in on Stackify, angel investing". Silicon Prairie News. 27 June 2012.
  2. "Autotrader Acquires VinSolutions.com". Dealer Marketing. June 13, 2011.
  3. Raletz, Alyson (19 June 2012). "Details emerge: VinSolutions sale price was $135M". Kansas City Business Journal .
  4. "With wide array of perks, startups seek to sweeten deal for employees". Silicon Prairie News. 13 July 2013.
  5. Raletz, Alyson (14 June 2013). "NextGen Leaders: Matt Watson". Kansas City Business Journal .
  6. Arnold Arnold Tijerina (May 23, 2011). "In The Trenches During The AutoTrader Acquisition Of VinSolutions". Automotive Digital Marketing.
  7. Maheu, Pierre-Luc (22 February 2017). "Introducing Prefix and Retrace : Interview with Stackify's Founder Matt Watson". InfoQ.
  8. "The Best Business Products of 2016 - Stackify". PC Magazine . December 9, 2016.
  9. "Episode 104: Prefix & Stackify with Matt Watson". Microsoft Developer Network - Channel 9.
  10. "Matt Watson's Stackify launches with new look, support for Linux". Silicon Prairie News. 27 June 2012.
  11. Kittrell, Ben (13 April 2015). "Episode 12: Matt Watson of Stackify talks about Angel Investing, Bootstrapping and Kansas City". Spare Room Radio.