EXECUTIVE IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM
BLACK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
PENN STATE BEHREND
281 BURKE CENTER
ERIE PA 16563
Biography
Matt MacBeth is an entrepreneur, innovator, and disruptor. At the age of seven, Matt applied to the LEGO Corporation for an R&D position; while he is still awaiting their response, he has since graduated from Penn State Behrend with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Matt has created several intrapreneurial positions for himself throughout his career, in addition to founding, co-founding, and exiting several start-up ventures.
Matt and his teams have led many technological innovations, created new consumer product categories, and innovated new business models. Matt has also written a series of entrepreneurship workbooks to help others do the same.
Matt and his wife Mary Beth MacBeth enjoy the outdoors, traveling the world, and mentoring anyone needing financial or entrepreneurial services.
Matt joined the Executive in Residence program in the 2021–22 academic year and works closely with the school's Interdisciplinary Business with Engineering Studies (IBE) program alongside the department chair. He also leads the Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship Certificate program.