Matthew Pierce
Matthew Pierce | |
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Pierce for O Labs | |
Born | (1977-12-03) December 3, 1977 (age 46) Denver, Colorado |
Alma mater | Stanford University (B.A.) UCLA Anderson (M.B.A.) |
Occupation(s) | Co-founder & CEO, O Labs [1] |
Spouse | Magdalena Sandoval |
Matthew Pierce (born December 3, 1977) is an entrepreneur, university lecturer, and game designer. He is a former NCAA Champion and was a member of the United States Men's National Swim Team.
Early life
Matthew Pierce attended Stanford University, where he was a member of the men's swimming and diving team. The team won the NCAA Championship in 1998.[2] Pierce was an All-American, an NCAA Champion in the 200-yard butterfly [3] and a gold medalist at the World University Games for USA Swimming.
Career
After graduating from Stanford, Pierce co-founded Rosum Corporation which was later acquired by TruePosition.[4] He then moved to Los Angeles, received his MBA at UCLA Anderson and became VP of Strategy at Originate.
Matthew now serves as co-founder and CEO of O Labs,[5][6] a joint venture between Originate, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, and ICM Partners. O Labs incubates and operates early-stage portfolio companies that attempt to address the needs of large enterprises.[7][8] Pierce is a regular contributor to Southern California's Silicon Beach and the Los Angeles startup community.[9]
Pierce is a lecturer at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a visiting scholar in UCLA’s Economics Department, where he teaches entrepreneurship.
Pierce is also a game designer, serving as founder and chief creative officer of Robot Dinosaur Games. He created the game Scenarium[10][11] and co-founded Versus, a real-money video game tournament platform backed by O Labs.
References
- ^ "O Labs".
- ^ "Stanford University's Official Athletic Site - Men's Swimming - GoStanford.com - Stanford Athletics".
- ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-swim/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/record-book-men.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Reuters
- ^ "Startup Incubator O Labs Launches From ICM, Law Firm Manatt and Design Firm Originate". The Hollywood Reporter. 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Originate, Manatt & ICM pool expertise to launch new incubator O Labs".
- ^ Times, Los Angeles (30 July 2014). "Manatt, ICM, Originate launch O Labs, new investment arm for startups". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Seave, Ava. "Looking For Ugly Lets New Incubator Differentiate". Forbes.
- ^ "Originate and the LA Tech Scene. A Chat with Matthew Pierce. - Reyhani Law".
- ^ "Scenarium - a party game for storytellers".
- ^ "Scenarium - A Party Game for Storytellers" – via Amazon.
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- 1959: Italy: Unknown
- 1961: Japan: (Fukushima, Shikiishi ,Yoshimuta, Fujimoto)
- 1963: Hungary: Unknown
- 1965: United States: (Mann, Tretheway, Riker, Roth)
- 1967: United States: (Hickcox, Merten, Russell, Walsh)
- 1970: United States: (Ivey, Shilling, Ferris, Heckl)
- 1973: United States: (Johnson, Chatfield, Poucher, Knox)
- 1977: United States: (Ballard, Michaelis, Curington, Ebuna)
- 1979: United States: (Manganiello, Lundberg, Bottom, Peppas)
- 1981: Soviet Union: Unknown
- 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown
- 1985: United States: (Rhodenbaugh, Moffet, O'Neil, McCadam)
- 1987: United States: (Berkoff, Torres, Mortenson, Hansen)
- 1991: United States: (Hansen, Kutler, Pajer, Schwenk)
- 1993: United States: (Schwenk, Crawford, Pepper, Fox)
- 1995: United States: (Jachimowski, Engstrom-Heg, Lancaster, Davis)
- 1997: United States: (Brewer, Kling, Martyak, Jones)
- 1999: United States: (Ulrickson, McDonnell, Pierce, Busse)
- 2001: United States: (Marshall, Denniston, Haidinyak, VonSchoff)
- 2003: Ukraine: (Nikolaychuk, Lisohor, Serdinov, Yegoshin)
- 2005: Ukraine: (Bugayov, Lisohor, Advena, Syzonenko)
- 2007: Russia: (Smirnov, Falko, Korotyshkin, Grechin)
- 2009: Japan: (R. Irie, Sakimoto, S. Irie, Harada)
- 2011: Japan: (Irie, Tateishi, Kishida, Shioura)
- 2013: Russia: (Morozov, Strelnikov, Koptelov, Grechin)
- 2015: Russia: (Shabasov, Kostin, Koptelov, Polischuk)
- 2017: United States: (Ress, Wilson, Lynch, Held)
- 2019: United States: (Ress, Finnerty, Shebat, Apple)
- 2021: China: (Wang, Qin, Chen, Lin)