Matt Dunie

Matt Dunie is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in building and leading innovative Information Services and SaaS companies. He has founded or co-founded four companies in these sectors and has served as CEO or President five times. His leadership spans businesses of various sizes, from startups to enterprises nearing $400 million in revenue.

Matt has successfully led over 20 acquisitions and exits, driving profitability through integration, best practices, and scalable efficiencies. He has excelled in Private Equity, Family Office, and founder-led environments, transforming underperforming businesses into high-growth, profitable enterprises while building global sales and management teams.

Professional Highlights:

• Successful Leadership of Information Services and SaaS Companies: Matt has served as President and CEO of multiple companies in the information services and SaaS space, including CSA, ProQuest, and LabArchives, Insight Publications demonstrating a consistent track record of leadership in this sector.
• Pioneering Innovation: As co-founder and CEO of LabArchives, he developed the leading collaborative cloud-based laboratory notebook for scientific research, showcasing his ability to identify market needs and create innovative solutions. His co-founding of RefWorks (mentioned elsewhere) further solidifies this.
• Driving Significant Profitability Strategic M&A, Organic Growth, and Operational Excellence: Matt has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, successfully leading over 20 acquisitions and 5 divestitures. Critically, he has a proven ability to transform underperforming businesses (including those with flat or even losing financials) into high-growth, highly profitable entities, achieving 30+% profitability through integration, best practice implementation, and scalable efficiency gains.
• Inventor of Patented Technologies: He invented two patented processes related to extracting, indexing, searching, and displaying visual data from research literature, showcasing his technical understanding and ability to innovate beyond business leadership.

Matt holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Maryland, is the inventor of two patents, and is a founding member of Okeanos (formerly Riverbend Capital), a leading angel investment group in Washington, D.C.

Matt is married and has three children. He has been involved in various community activities, including volunteering in children’s sports and serving as a Boy Scouts leader. If given the choice, he would rather play any sport than watch it. He loves to golf, ski, travel, and learn new things.