Matthew Keith:  

After my 11th grade year (99) I lost track with a lot of my friends due to moving south to Charlottesville. I started the first half of my senior year at William Monroe, and ended up moving back to our previous residence to finish out my senior year at Gar-Field. After graduating, I went on to enroll in the Art Institute of Washington, and yes, I was probably the kid who was drawing in class instead of paying attention. Despite my horrible grades in high-school, I ended up graduating from college on the dean's list, as well as becoming a mentor for fellow classmates. I earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts with a focus in Media Arts and Animation. Shortly after graduation I joined up with a classmate to start an entertainment company which later evolved into a software development company which was centered around a patent I helped co-invent. By the time I decided to exit, we were talking to local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies on how we could put our technology to use in their line of work. After that, decided to try my hand at the self-employment life, developing media-rich websites, and online experiences. Experienced some success, but was hard to accomplish large scale success without a network of contacts. Ended up moving to Nashville, ...Expand for more