Wizard @ Leading EDJE, Book & Course Author, and Microsoft MVP

Matt is an AI Specialist and Wizard at Leading EDJE, an IT consultancy in Columbus Ohio.

Matt teaches software engineering, AI, and data science through books, courses, and talks - often in the most ridiculous ways possible. Matt has used machine learning to settle debates over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie, reinforcement learning to drive the behavior of digital squirrels, data analytics to suggest improvements to his favorite TV show, and AI agents to play board games and create an AI agent with the personality of a dog.

Matt is the author of "Data Science in .NET with Polyglot Notebooks" and "Refactoring with C#" as well as several LinkedIn Learning courses. Matt helps organize the Central Ohio .NET Developer Group, and the Stir Trek and Momentum conferences. Matt has a Master’s of Science in Data Analytics, several blogs and a YouTube channel, and is a current Microsoft MVP in AI services and .NET.