"Matt's ingenuity and flawless technical acumen coupled with his insight into our customers' motivations and challenges present a rare and valuable strength to our company. Matt is truly a national asset; I have witnessed how his technical capability and strategic vision are widely recognized by our customers and our competitors."

"Matt always asked very insightful, and most often very challenging questions. He always pushed us to understand the fundamentals so that we made the right decisions for the right reasons."

"Throughout the time that I have known you, I have come to personally observe your unique ability to identify problems as well as develop a discerning approach to solve them. I know you have a diverse background, and that likely is attributable to how you are able to simultaneously have multiple viewpoints from a single person. A unique trait not shared by many.

In addition, it is actually no surprise (due to your engineering background) that you are able to “dive deep” into the math of a problem. And I have seen this translate into your evaluation of the health of a company and its trajectory all the way to investment opportunities.

Speaking of investments, you and I have participated in more than one investment together. In discussing these, I have learned even more about you, your capabilities and your network of connections. In one instance, I witnessed you connecting a multi-billion dollar multi-national company to a multi-million dollar national company where the net result was mutually beneficial to both. Which lends to your capability to see problems in a different light and develop unique solutions.

Your professional traits, your broad spectrum of interests, your true abundant exchange in deals, your high ethics and genuinely positive and friendly demeanor re-enforces the ease of me writing this letter and desiring to continue to strengthen our relationship"

"I am a first time CEO of an ambitious tech company; I find myself often feeling like I’m over my head, but Matt is always there to provide clarity. It is a pleasure to work with Matt. He is easy to talk to, often offering a fresh perspective on today’s problem, and is patient with our questions always taking seriously no matter the question. As a mentor, he is quick to see where I am trying to get to, how I am trying to get there, and then gently course corrects me to the necessary path. Whether it is a technical problem, fundraising problem, or personnel problem, Matt seems to have experience in everything. Finally, Matt has a very wide network of professionals whom he can call on when needed. Again, I love working with Matt and consider myself lucky to have him on our team."

"Whether as an advisor for your startup, or your established venture, the value Dr. Matt Markel provides you as a leader, or your team, is mentorship excellence and is directly impactful across all business verticals. Put quite simply: Dr. Markel brought a level of strategic expertise that was crucial to the cohesive GTM strategy that we developed here at Wyndo.

The key to strategic thinking is the ability to think big picture, but also able to understand how all the business components fit together. Dr. Markel can zoom out quickly to deploy a “generalist” mindset, but then zoom in, and get granular on the connecting components. His clarity of vision and articulation of it has been an important step in the crafting of our strategic plan.

In addition, his focus on business goal setting has been invaluable: Dr. Markel removes what is irrelevant, gets to the real core of goal-setting, and establishes practices that empower the startup leader, rather than distract them. What impresses me most about Dr. Markel is his ability to get to “the root of the matter” of a particular problem, or in this case, overall company objectives, establishing 'What are we really aiming for here?'"