Where did Matthew Shortal go to school?

Matthew Shortal studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Stanford Executive Program (SEP)); U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) (Post-graduate, Air to Air Combat / Leadership); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Accounting).

Matthew Shortal

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Principal Deputy Director and Chief Commercial Officer, DIU at Synapse Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

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Advisory board member and Principal Deputy Director and Chief Commercial Officer at DIU.

Experience

NATO DIANAPrincipal Board Member for the United Statescurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)Principal Deputy Director and Chief Commercial Officercurrent2026 — presentMountain View, CA
Synapse PartnersMember Of The Board Of Advisorscurrent2016 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
Andreessen HorowitzOperating Partner2020 — 2025Menlo Park, California, United States
United States Marine CorpsMarine Corps Reservist // Colonel2009 — 2024Pensacola, FL, Colorado Springs, CO, San Diego, CA, Okinawa, Japan
United States Marine CorpsMarine Corps F/A-18 Fighter Pilot1994 — 2008MCAS Miramar, Japan, Western Pacific Rim, Middle East
Makena Capital Management, LLCManaging Director2018 — 2020Menlo Park, CA
Janus Henderson Investors U.S.Director2010 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
Lehman BrothersInvestment Representative2008 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area

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Venture Capital1Global OperationsSalesInvestor RelationsBusiness OperationsOperations ManagementStrategic PlanningTeam LeadershipCrisis ResolutionCollaborationAnalytical ReasoningCreativity

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Series 7 and Series 66 Certification — FINRA

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Colleagues at Synapse Partners

Ashok Shrivastava

SVP, Chief Data Officer at Synapse Partners

Bill Mark

President Information and Computing Sciences at Synapse Partners

Evangelos Simoudis

Founder and Managing Director at Synapse Partners

Jim Eberlin

Founder and CEO at Synapse Partners

Stefan Happ

EVP Payments at Synapse Partners

Tod Sacerdoti

Founder, CEO at Synapse Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Matthew Shortal?: Advisory board member and Principal Deputy Director and Chief Commercial Officer at DIU.
Where does Matthew Shortal work?: Matthew Shortal is Principal Deputy Director and Chief Commercial Officer, DIU at Synapse Partners.
Where did Matthew Shortal go to school?: Matthew Shortal studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Stanford Executive Program (SEP)); U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) (Post-graduate, Air to Air Combat / Leadership); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Accounting).