Matthew has over thirty-nine years of experience in the transmission and distribution industry, beginning with a multi-state electric utility where he designed protective relay schemes. Later efforts included transferring to an unregulated affiliate to begin selling services to the broader power delivery marketplace.

In 2006, he and two other key employees formed Ampirical Solutions, LLC to pursue project opportunities in this industry. Ampirical has grown considerably and is currently staffed by over six hundred employees, most of them occupying firm headquarters in Covington, Louisiana. Other office locations include San Diego, San Ramon, and Sacramento, California; Duluth and Covington, Georgia; and remote employees in other US locations. The company performs both stand-alone engineering projects and EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) projects in the high voltage transmission arena.

Matthew handles or directs company executive management activities for all three companies, such as business development, strategic planning, risk management, financial management, contract review and
negotiation, and more.

He earned a B.S.E.E. from Louisiana Tech University, and also holds an M.B.A. from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University and a Masters in Engineering from the University of New Orleans. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, North Carolina, Michigan, and Ohio. He is also the Qualifying Party for the company’s electrical Contractor’s Licenses in
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, and Kentucky