Matt graduated from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, with a degree in Chemistry. He joined Avista Technologies in October 2012. Over the years, Matt has worked on the development of new antiscalants with a focus on Avista AdvisorCi Software. He evolved the software into a more complex ion calculation engine, which transitioned Advisor3 to Avista AdvisorCi in 2015. Finally, Avista AdvisorCi Online was launched in 2021, which moved the powerful calculation engine capabilities online.