Hello there. I’m Matt. I’m a policy researcher working at the intersection of AI, data privacy, and platform regulation. My work focuses on how technology tangibly impacts society — translating complex technical questions into evidence-based frameworks for lawmakers, regulators, and civil society.

As a Policy Fellow at the Knight-Georgetown Institute, my research focused on how regulators and courts evaluate evidence about digital platforms. During my time as a Policy Fellow at the Open Technology Institute at New America, I studied agentic AI and the Model Context Protocol, and contributed to research on how cities and states are integrating AI into government processes. Before that, I worked at Georgetown’s Massive Data Institute contributing to a research project on the effectiveness of social media messaging in elections.

Before my time in policy, I worked as a playwright and screenwriter. As Director of Development for Pyrrhic Victory Productions, I helped develop award winning projects for studios such as Netflix, FX, and Disney, managing projects from early research through production. During that time, I also wrote several plays about technology that were produced in theaters across the country.

Somehow, this whole journey started in the writers’ room at Late Night with Seth Meyers.