Matthews and partner John Devine, with whom he launched Percussion Software, Bond Technologies and Stride & Associates, founded Rapid7 and own it today. Matthews manages the technical and operational side of the business. Prior to his business partnerships with Devine, Matthews was a consultant to the investment banking group at Merrill Lynch, developed mortgage-backed securities software at First Boston, coordinated and operated computer graphics lab at HBO/Time Warner, and in the late 1970s served as a programmer and designer for the VM operating system at IBM. |