Matt Wallaert

Matt Wallaert
East Coast Lead and Behavioral Scientist
Microsoft Ventures

Matt Wallaert is a Behavioral Scientist working at the intersection of technology and human behavior. After several years in academia and two successful startup exits, he joined Microsoft, where he works across a variety of products and projects to design technology that helps people live happier, healthier lives. He is also the East Coast lead for Microsoft Ventures, managing the company’s relationships with prominent VCs and startups. Matt maintains an active research lab and is a frequent speaker on the science of behavior change. He is most well-known at Microsoft for creating the Bing in the Classroom program, which has helped over 7 million kids make digital literacy a daily part of their education. Externally, he sits on the board of a variety of startups and non-profits and cultivates pro-social side projects like GetRaised.com, which has helped underpaid women ask for and earn millions of dollars in salary increases.

Other Profiles you might like

A headshot of Katherine Wetmur smiling at the camera

Katherine Wetmur

Katherine Wetmur is a Managing Director and the Chief Information Officer for Cyber, Data, Risk and Resilience at Morgan Stanley; in this role, she oversees global efforts to strengthen cybersecurity,

Read More »
A headshot of Sandra Laursen smiling at the camera

Sandra Laursen

Sandra Laursen, Ph.D., is senior research associate and director of Ethnography & Evaluation Research (E&ER) at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she leads research and evaluation studies focusing on

Read More »
A headshot of Joe McBreen smiling at the camera

Joe McBreen

Joe McBreen is the Assistant Superintendent of Innovation for St. Vrain Valley Schools in Colorado, where he leads the integration of emerging technologies into K–12 education. He began his career

Read More »
A headshot of Renise Walker smiling at the camera

Renise Walker

Renise is the Project Lead for ColoradoFWD, an initiative to demonstrate the use of Skills-based hiring and advancement practices enabled by  the use of learning and employment records to address critical

Read More »
NCWIT
Scroll to Top