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