Matt Bailey

Director, Collaborative Venturing Group, UCI Applied Innovation

Los Angeles

Matt Bailey is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in creating and executing on growth strategies that build long-term, sustainable value for both customers and stakeholders. After earning his MBA from the Paul Merage School of Business at UCI, where he graduated at the top of his class, Matt went on to earn an M.S. in Business Analytics from the Stern School of Management at NYU. Currently, Matt serves as Director of Collaborative Venturing at UCI Applied Innovation, where he is able to leverage his passion for entrepreneurship to help further develop the Orange County startup ecosystem . Matt was also an adjunct professor at the Argyros School of Business at Chapman University, where he taught data analytics, and is currently a lecturer at the Paul Merage School of Business at UCI teaching the Lean Launchpad method of market validation for entrepreneurs.