Matt Bird

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Chief Technology Officer at Pizza Hut

Dallas, Texas, United States

Overview

Matt Bird is the Chief Technology Officer for Pizza Hut U. S. , where he leads the engineering functions for customer and team member technologies. With a long tenure at parent company Yum! Brands, he has been a key driver of the companys digital transformation, previously leading Quality Engineering. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University.

Matt lives in Cross Roads, Texas, with his wife and son.

He has held leadership roles at Ziosk, advancing pay-at-the-table solutions, and at Maxim Integrated, where he focused on post-silicon verification for secure microcontrollers.

Personality Overview

Assertive

Example Seeker

Value Driven

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.  They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals.

Topics They Care About

Restaurant Technology
As CTO of Pizza Hut, he is responsible for technologies that create easy and efficient experiences for both customers and employees.
Quality Engineering
His career at Yum! Brands was built on quality engineering, where he rose through the ranks to become the Director of the department before his promotion to CTO.
Digital Transformation
His technical expertise and leadership have been described as critical to the digital transformation of Yum! Brands.

Media Appearances

Matt Bird - Hut Life. Featured in Pizza Hut Blog

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Work History

9-2025
Chief Technology Officer at Pizza Hut
1-2024 - 9-2025
Director of Quality Engineering at Yum! Brands
3-2022 - 1-2024
Quality Engineering Manager at Yum! Brands
4-2021 - 4-2022
Quality Engineering Lead at Yum! Brands
10-2020 - 4-2021
Software Developer In Test at Yum! Brands

Education

2008 - 2011
Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University
2007 - 2008
Associates of Science from Blinn College

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Exp : 16 Location : Dallas, Texas, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Chief Technology Officer at Pizza Hut
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Insights For Selling To Matt

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be prepared for a lot of questions, answer them objectively
  • Invite them for a social do but don’t rely solely on the relationship
  • Help them understand the risk aspect fully while inspiring confidence

DONT's

  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Matt is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Matt

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Matt move?

  • They like to perform full analysis and can take time to make any decision.
  • Can Matt take some risk or not?

  • They weigh all decisions systematically and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Matt

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