Matthew is an industry disruptor. He has co-founded, built and grown several world-first technology businesses. He has decades of experience building technology companies. He is an EHF Fellow and Industry Innovation Judge with decades of experience building socio-technical systems and cultures.
Matthew is an authority on disruption and how chaos creates transformational change quickly.
The collapse of the biosphere has changed the predictability of work, which will only increase in the next few years.
Organisations are looking to understand the new normal and are therefore not taking advantage of the pace of change. Matthew reframes risk in a way that enables you to move your innovation initiatives forward faster and become adaptable to embrace uncertainty.
A black swan event describes an event that comes as a surprise and significantly affects a business and industry. Antifragile systems can withstand outlier events & chaos, and they will survive; some will benefit & make exponential gains; a mindset shift is required.
Current organisational hierarchies & decision-making frameworks aren’t suitable for the current pace of change, because Matthew has been the cause of industry disruption he understands how to respond to such events.
The key to surviving a black swan event is to change how you work: Act, Sense, and Respond. Contact Matthew if you need help reorienting your company to ride the wave of disruption & create new intellectual property that positions your company for future growth.
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About Matthew
Matthew helped grow Bypass into an international company. They caused convergence to accelerate in New Zealand with a world-first product called Global Mode™ that brought Netflix to 285,000 New Zealanders early. Google it. In 2015, after they were sued by every media company in New Zealand, which the studios in California funded, the company pivoted to protecting kids online using the same underlying technology. In less than 18 months, the reinvented platform was integrated into 20,000,000 internet connections in India, Nepal and Bangladesh to help parents keep their kids safe by preventing inappropriate content and facilitating timely access.
In 2013, Matthew co-founded and raised $1.4M in capital from investors for Doctor2Go, New Zealand’s first medical marketplace of nurses, doctors, mental health practitioners, and pharmacies with whom you could connect via video conferencing. It was the first decentralised medical service in the world. The medical team could send a script to your nearest pharmacy or arrange for a pharmacist to deliver the medication to your home or office. The service was available directly to consumers via iOS and Android as a health insurance add-on or employment benefit.
Matthew was accepted into the Edmund Hillary Fellowship as a high-impact entrepreneur. After successfully exiting Bypass and Doctor2Go, he spent nine months developing commercial models for start-ups in IoT, the sharing economy and circular systems. His clients included Fonterra and Chorus. He is the co-founder of a Bioenergy Company.
Experience
Co-founder
Alimentary Systems
Feb 2021 - Present
Founder
On The Side Limited
Mar 2009 - Present
Co-founder & CCO
Bypass Network Services
Apr 2018 to Nov 2018
Fellow (Kopakopa)
Edmund Hillary Fellowship
Nov 2018
Co-founder & Investor
Doctor2Go
Sept 2013 - Nov 2018
Commercialisation Manager
Harmonic Health
Apr 2013 to Nov 2015
Education
Mechanics In Practice 2 / PSTI
Influence Ecology
2019 - Present
Mechanics in Practice
Influence Ecology
2017 - 2019
Bachelor of Management Studies
University of Waikato
1997 - 2002
Holistic Agile Transformations
Humaneering
2020
Cynefin® Foundations - Managing Complexity
Cognitive Edge
2020
Fundamentals of Transaction
Influence Ecology
2013 - 2013
Public Speaking & Podcasts
Circular Design and Thinking in Systems. Hosted by Beca for the Auckland Climate Festival.
Auckland Oct 2022
How a cow inspired our solution to solve the Energy Crisis
Creative HQ Climate Accelerator
Wellington Zoo July 2022
What Can We Do In These Powerful Times?: Podcast with David Bent.
Online March 2022
Together into the Future: panel on Business, Humanity & Society.
Online: Catalyzing the Future. Sept 2020
TechTalk 11 How to survive chaos, how the future of work arrived early.
TechTalk 11 (Online) April 2020
Professional Medical Support from your phone
New Frontiers (Wellington) Nov 2018
Keeping Kids Safe Online
ISPANZ Annual Meeting (Mumbai) Aug 2016
DesCon IOT Hackathon Keynote - Internet of Things & Prototyping
DESCON (Belgrade) Aug 2016
Not In Your Country- Geo Unblocking the world.
APNIC (Mumbai) Aug 2016
Water NZ Conference
CIRCULAR ECONOMY A PANEL DISCUSSION with Debbie O’Byrne (Beca), Teina Boasa-Dean & Lucy Tuku (Mott MacDonald)
Christchurch 20 Oct 2022
What does the future of New Zealand’s circular economy look like?
Panel with Anne Haira, Deputy Secretary of Ministry for the Environment & Newsroom columnist Rod Oram
Auckland Xlabs Live May 2022
On Co-founding Alimentary Systems Seeds podcast with Steven Moe.
Online Sept 2021
Leveraging Tech to Hit Critical Mass The Global Unity Summit 2020
(Online) Nov2020
You can’t avoid your biology. Why Diversity originates from your biological orientation.
TechTalk 12 (Online) May 2020
How to make your conscious business profitable. Conscious Entrepreneurs Mastermind (Online) April 2020
The Future of Healthcare
Roche User Group (Auckland) Nov 2018
HR Start-up Innovation. Wellbeing in the workplace.
HRTechFest (Auckland) Jul 2018
Volunteering
Digital Advisor
Human Rights Measurement Initiative - Present
Judge
Auckland Startup Weekend
Nov 2019
Judge
TUANZ Broadband Compare Awards - Present
Hackathon Mentor
Voluntarily
Dec 2018
Migrant Career Counsellor
Omega
Apr 2010 - Apr 2012
Testimonials
“I write in strong support of Matthew Jackson’s application for an EHF fellowship. I came to know Matt through the launch of Doctor2Go, which highlights his peak strengths as well as his entrepreneurial spirit. Doctor2Go is an ingenuous way to empower people with the tools to own their wellbeing. More importantly, it breaks down the traditional barriers which have made medical care a daunting and intimidating experience for so many people. Doctor2Go repositions wellness as a personal accountability. Not only do individuals benefit, but so does New Zealand. Matthew personifies the spirit of entrepreneurs seeking to help people live in a better world. I rate him highly, both personally and professionally. I hope that he has an opportunity to contribute in your next cohort.”
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