As a proven executive and entrepreneur with over 20 years experience developing high-growth software companies, Mr. Howard serves as Sonatype’s CMO and leads the company’s efforts to identify and execute partnerships within the DevSecOps ecosystem. Prior to Sonatype, Matt co-founded, developed and successfully sold two software companies. Earlier in his career, he led sales and marketing at USinternetworking (acquired by AT&T) and Groove Networks (acquired by Microsoft) where his teams distributed workgroup collaboration products to enterprise customers. Matt holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The George Washington University and a Master of Arts from George Mason University.