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Matthew Dabney

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Senior Director of Process Innovation & AI at Altasciences
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Matthew is the Senior Director of Process Innovation & AI at Altasciences, focused on streamlining research services. With a background from McKinsey and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth, he specializes in building corporate innovation functions and bringing zero-to-one products to market. Colleagues describe him as innovative, dynamic, and team-oriented.

Outside of work, Matthew is a passionate board game enthusiast. He believes games are a powerful tool for sparking creativity, building empathy, and fostering teamwork, and has even presented at SXSW on the role of play in the workplace. He enjoys enabling people to connect with their passions.

He founded an event technology company that has helped run logistics for major pop culture events like New York Comic Con and Chicago Ideas Week.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Senior Director of Process Innovation & AI
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
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AI in Clinical Trials
His current role focuses on leveraging AI to drive innovation in clinical research processes. He recently discussed this topic on the "Advanced Clinical: The Podcast".
Corporate Innovation
His career is centered on creating innovation hubs and incubation programs within established firms like McKinsey and William Blair to drive change and develop new solutions.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Senior Director of Process Innovation & AI
Altasciences
1-2024 - 9-2025
Senior Director of Innovation
Advanced Group
6-2022 - 8-2023
Director of Product Management
William Blair
5-2018 - 5-2022
Solution & Product Leader
McKinsey New Ventures (part of McKinsey & Company)
3-2015 - 3-2020
CEO
64Hex
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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
MS
Illinois Tech Stuart School of Business
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