Matt Feifarek : CV

Professional Experience

2020-Current
Consulting Chief Technology Officer for Blue Trunk Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to collecting and sharing information for travelers that have special health or accessibility needs. I’m advising the organization, setting tech strategy, and rebuilding their core product.
2016-Current
Founder, executive director of FoodWorks Madison a non-profit social enterprise startup that created and runs a training program for kitchen jobs.
2017-2019
Managing partner, Working Draft Beer Company a micro-brewery and taproom in Madison.
2008-Current
Independent web/technology consultant, with projects in and out of Madison
1997-2008
Founder, Digital Alchemy, a web-development company specializing in data-driven websites for small businesses.
1996-1997
Founder and director of production at Coherent Light, a startup in New York City with a focus on audio/visual post-production work, video-graphics, and 3D animation.

Volunteering

2021
Section Leader for Code In Place, (an online course of Stanford’s Comp-Sci 106A) to more than 12,000 international students, where I teach Python and the fundamentals of computer science.
2018 - 2019
Startup team coach for the 2018 cohort of Social Good Accelerator.
2018
Mentor/advisor for Madison Startup Weekend.
2009-2018
Chair, Slow Food Madison. Managed a rotating team of volunteers across several initiatives and events.
2015-2017
Technical advisor for Eastside Friends of the Dharma.
2005-2009
Leadership board, Slow Food NYC
2005
Leadership board of Chelsea CSA
2003-2005
Treasurer, co-op board of 210 West 21st in NYC

Honors, Awards, Memberships

2017-2020
Member of Horizon social-enterprise oriented co-working space.
2014-current
Member of Sector67 community hackerspace.
2014
Named to Madison Magazine’s M-List of influential people
2013
Speaker at “Pecha Kucha” on the theme “What keeps me up at night and gets me up in the morning.”
2012 & 2006
USA delegate to Terra Madre and Slow Food International congress

Education

2019
Insights for Innovation”: An online course/certificate in design-thinking from IDEO. My project was on improving public transportation in my community.
2019
ES6 For Everyone”: A well-regarded online course/tutorial in contemporary Javascript techniques and best practices.
2017
Justified Anger”: An African American history course taught in Madison Wisconsin.
1994
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Specialization in computer-mediated art and independent study
1992
Art History Study in Florence, Italy

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Contact

Matt Feifarek +1 (608) 403 – 5432 m@mattfeifarek.com

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