Matt Thorne

Collaborator
DISC Type : is

Chief Information Officer at Carrot Fertility

Portland, Oregon, United States

Overview

Matt Thorne is the Chief Information Officer at Carrot Fertility, specializing in bootstrapping and scaling IT, Corporate Engineering, and Business Systems. He has a history of building these functions from the ground up at high-growth companies like Brex, Pinterest, and Facebook. Colleagues describe him as a sharp, technical, and strong manager.

He founded the IT team at Pinterest when it had around 150 employees and scaled it to support over 3, 000 people across more than 30 global offices.

Personality Overview

Fair-minded

Good Listener

Example Driven

Unlike D or C types, they are calm as well as friendly and can give the impression of being more receptive than they actually are.  They are more likely to opt for solutions that are proven in the market. Scenarios where both sides can come out as winners appeal to them greatly.

Topics They Care About

Business Systems Transformation
He is actively hiring for his Business Systems team to establish Order-to-Cash processes and build an integration strategy, indicating a key current focus.
Scaling IT Functions
His career is defined by leading IT departments through periods of rapid growth and transformation at companies like Brex and Pinterest.
Corporate Infrastructure
Managed the entire corporate infrastructure portfolio at Facebook and built out global end-user support and infrastructure services from scratch at Pinterest.

Media Appearances

Matt has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2024
Chief Information Officer at Carrot Fertility
4-2021 - 3-2024
Head of IT, Corp Eng, and Business Systems at Brex
8-2013 - 4-2021
Head of IT at Pinterest
3-2008 - 5-2013
IT Infrastructure Manager at Facebook
3-2006 - 12-2008
Systems Engineer at Coyote Creek Consulting

Education

2004 - 2006
Bachelor of Science (BS) from University of San Francisco

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Insights For Selling To Matt

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Summarize the key points at the end of the conversation
  • Use testimonials, case studies to show them why it is a low-risk, high-value decision
  • Show them how they look good by making this decision

DONT's

  • Don’t sound very transactional
  • Don’t get into excessive details unless prompted
  • Don’t give the impression of being unproven or risky

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Matt is

  • Relationships can sway their decisions, followed by the low risk and the presence of good evidence.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Matt

  • They are diplomatic when needed and rarely say no directly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Matt move?

  • Even if they are engaged and friendly, they can take their time to make decisions.
  • Can Matt take some risk or not?

  • They probably won’t put a lot at risk.

You And Matt

Personality Compatibility


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