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Matthew Shortal

Investor

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

San Francisco Bay Area

About

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

Experience

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

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessStanford Executive Program (SEP)2022
  2. U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN)Post-graduate, Air to Air Combat / Leadership
  3. University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor of Science - BS, Accounting1990 — 1994
  4. USAF Air War CollegeInternational Relations and National Security Studies2013 — 2015
  5. Certified Public Accountant (CPA)CPA

Skills & more

Venture Capital1Global OperationsSalesInvestor RelationsBusiness OperationsOperations ManagementStrategic PlanningTeam LeadershipCrisis ResolutionCollaborationAnalytical ReasoningCreativity
+6 moreAdaptabilityAdvisor BoardUnmanned Aerial SystemsProcess ImprovementCommunicationAnalytical Skills
  • Series 7 and Series 66 Certification — FINRA

From Matthew's professional profile.

Colleagues at Synapse Partners

Ashok Shrivastava
SVP, Chief Data Officer at Synapse Partners
Bill Mark
President Information and Computing Sciences at Synapse Partners
E. Simoudis
Investor 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

Where does Matthew Shortal work?
Matthew Shortal is Principal Deputy Director and Chief Commercial Officer, DIU at Synapse Partners.

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