A start-up veteran and prepaid industry expert, Matt was also the founder of C/Base, a consultancy business that specialized in partnership marketing services for Internet-based companies. Over a two year period, C/Base structured more than $1/2 billion in total partnership deals for industry-leading online businesses, such as Amazon, Microsoft, Netscape, Hotmail and others. Prior to starting C/Base and Ecount, Matt served as Director of Card Services at Ocwen Financial Corp., where he established Ocwen as the industry leader in the campus "one card" market. Matt is a 2002 winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and was recently named one of the Philadelphia region's most influential executives under the age of 40. A recognized industry expert, Matt has been featured by numerous national news outlets like CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Matt graduated with a B.A. from Denison University.