Matt Mochary (born November 28, 1968) is an American businessman, investor, and filmmaker. Mochary is CEO Coach to companies including

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, Bolt, and Clearbit. Mochary was a co-founder and chairman of

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, founded in 1999 and acquired by

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in 2005.

Education and early career

Mochary graduated from

Phillips Academy Andover Phillips Academy (also known as PA, Phillips Academy Andover, or simply Andover) is a Private school, private, Mixed-sex education, co-educational college-preparatory school for Boarding school, boarding and Day school, day students located in ...

. He earned a

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in the Humanities from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

in 1990 and an

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from the

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in 1996. Between his time at Yale and Kellogg, Mochary spent time teaching at the

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school. After Kellogg, he joined Spectrum Equity in 1996, where he was promoted to partner.

Totality Corporation

In July 1999, Mochary co-founded

with Michael Carrier. The firm provided

professional services Professional services are occupations in the service sector requiring special training in liberal arts and pure sciences education or professional development education. Some professional services, such as architects, accountants, engineers, d ...

for e-commerce websites. In 2000, MimEcom, as it then operated, was the recipient of what was at the time the second largest second round funding, $100 million. The largest second round funding at the time had been received by

Loudcloud Opsware, Inc. was a software company based in Sunnyvale, California, that offered products for server and network device provisioning, configuration, and management targeted toward enterprise customers. Opsware had offices in New York City, Redm ...

's main competitor. In 2005,

acquired Totality Corporation, and was subsequently acquired by

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Other endeavors

Through Mochary Films, Matt produced and directed two feature-length documentaries,

Favela Rising ''Favela Rising'' is a 2005 documentary film by American directors Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary. It was produced by Sidetrack Films and VOY Pictures. It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2005, where it won the award for ''Bes ...

and The Gloves. Favela Rising debuted at the

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on April 24, 2005. Favela Rising won the award for ''Best New Documentary Filmmaker'' at the

for directors

Jeff Zimbalist Jeffrey Leib Nettler Zimbalist is an American filmmaker. He has been Academy Award shortlisted, has won a Peabody Awards, Peabody, a Dupont Award, DuPont, 5 Emmy Awards with 17 Emmy nominations. He is the owner of film and television production c ...

and Mochary, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Feature Length Documentary. Mochary acted as the CEO Coach of Tachyus Corporation, a technology firm that produces software for oil and gas companies, from February 2014 through June 2015. Mochary continues to maintain his role as major investor and Board Observer of Tachyus. Mochary also acts as the CEO Coach of

and

. Mochary coaches technical founders of both for-profit and non-profit enterprises, such as the StreetCode Academy (formerly CodeCamp), which teaches high-schoolers in

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to code. Through the Mochary Foundation, Matt has worked with ex-convicts to train the individuals how to get and keep legitimate jobs. In 2018 Mochary was the author of the online book for entrepreneurs ''Founder to CEO'', a book on startup advice based on his startup experience.

Personal life

Mochary was married to Tatiana Dorow. They used to live in

Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that is a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical area of the Santa Clara Valley ...

with their children.

References

External links

The Mochary Foundation

Matt Mochary's profile on AngelList
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mochary, Matthew 1968 births Living people American computer businesspeople American investors American technology company founders Phillips Academy alumni Businesspeople from the San Francisco Bay Area Businesspeople in software Yale University alumni Private equity and venture capital investors