After receiving his MFA in theater directing from Boston University, Matt Gabor moved to Chicago where he worked with a number of theater companies, including Writers' Theater, The Side Project and the Tony Award wining Victory Gardens Theater. In the midst of building his theater career, life threw Matt two curveballs: he was asked to direct a feature film and he was invited to join a startup software company. Naturally, with no experience directing for film or developing software, he immediately accepted both offers. Beyond all else, Matt is drawn to the pursuit of knowledge and cannot resist a challenge.

On the film front, Matt co-founded Shack Productions with a group of long-time theater collaborators. Together, they spent the next eight years exploring how to apply cinematic tools to their theatrical storytelling aesthetics. With Shack Productions, Matt directed a nationally distributed feature film (The Last Will And Testament Of Marlboro Patch), several short films, and produced a feature-length documentary (Know Hope) which follows 5 holocaust survivors and 175 students as they take a pilgrimage from Poland to Israel.

On the software front, Matt joined OpenMake Software and was immediately drawn into the world of computers. Although he was initially hired on the marketing side of the company, OpenMake's founders quickly recognized his design capabilities and asked him to design the User Interface for the first major release of their software. During Matt's first year at OpenMake, while designing the User Interface, he taught himself computer programming. Over the course of his time at OpenMake, Matt moved from User Interface designer, to Senior Software Developer, to Chief Architect and helped build the small, home-based startup, into an internationally recognized leader in software build management technology. While Matt was serving as Chief Architect, OpenMake Software received the prestigious Jolt Product Excellence Award and was included in SD Times top 100 software products. Recognized as an expert in the field, Matt has taught and presented at numerous conferences, including Java World, Microsoft TechEd, and IBM Software Conference. Matt has also been published in several prominent technology magazines, such as Java Developer's Journal, Doctor Dobb's Journal and SD Times.

In 2007, confident in his filmmaking and software skills, Matt went looking for a new adventure. In particular, Matt was interested in exploring how Internet technologies and multimedia content could be used as a force for social good. In 2008 he co-founded Two Kazoos, a company that creates children’s educational content online, on television and in print. Two Kazoos has produced short segments for Sesame Workshop's Emmy Award wining The Electric Company and developed an innovative, web-based, vocabulary building software. Independently, Matt helped form a community organization that is working to improve the quality of public schools in Providence, RI. In support of this effort, Matt is developing the Community Action Platform, a web-based software suite which combines user generated content, social media and collaboration tools. When complete, the Community Action Platform will help community organizations operate efficiently, increase their volunteer base and spread their message in dynamic ways. The Community Action Platform will be open source technology, made freely available to all community organizations.

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