As Senior Vice President of Sustainability, Matt leads Wal-Mart’s global environmental sustainability strategy. This position serves as the catalyst to integrate sustainability into Wal-Mart’s business unit strategy on a global basis, encouraging the company's 100,000 suppliers to innovate, collaborate and support Wal-Mart’s key sustainability goals and to integrate sustainability into the brand and culture of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., engaging the more than 2.2 million Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. associates globally.
Matt joined Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in November of 2003 as the Director of Private Brands for SAM’S CLUB. In 2004 he became a corporate officer as the Vice President of Product Development, Private Brands, Packaging and Quality Testing. In 2006, Matt was appointed Vice President of Product and Packaging Innovation for SAM'S CLUB. In 2007, he was promoted to Senior Vice President of Marketing, Research and Insights for SAM’S CLUB and in October of 2007 he was named Senior Vice President, Sustainability for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Prior to joining Wal-Mart, Matt held management positions with General Foods, Oscar Mayer and Kraft Foods.
Matt has a B.A. in Marketing from Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, and an M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.