Matt joined Numenta on January 3, 2012.  He had read Jeff's book, On Intelligence, and felt energized by our mission.  He started out as an engineer doing a variety of tasks.

When we started exploring the idea of making our work open source, Matt put his hand up.  He had been a big believer in open source, so the idea of two of his passions -- open source and Numenta's work -- coming together was compelling.  He told us that he would like to be a part of creating the open source project.

Matt immediately became a leader in this area. Working with a consultant who helped teach us what we needed to know, Matt helped drive the process of moving Numenta to open source, figuring out the tools, initiating and managing a community, and advising us on how to constantly improve it.

Matt has continued to be a leader at Numenta, offering a constant stream of excellent suggestions.    Not all of them worked, but Matt never hesitated to give something a try, and then adjust as needed.  

Probably Matt's most enduring contribution is HTM School.  He took it upon himself to create this video curriculum in order to help educate the world about our theories. He authored, produced, revised, and monitored a large body of work.  Many people in our community first came to know us because of HTM School.

Matt died in his sleep sometime on the night of May 10/11.  We're not sure what happened, but the coroner believes it may have been related to some prior health issues that were viewed to be minor but were being monitored.