Prior to co-founding Moda Midstream II, Matt spent the previous ten years at USA Compression, L.P., (NYSE: USAC) a publicly-traded limited partnership, where he served first as SVP – Strategic Development and then later as Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Matt was responsible for all financial aspects of the partnership, both internal and external, as well as maintaining relationships with investors, lenders and other stakeholders. He played a lead role in the diligence, negotiation and financing of the $2.0 billion acquisition of CDM Resources, which doubled the size of the partnership and resulted in USAC becoming a publicly-traded subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, LP. (NYSE: ET).
Before USAC, Matt had spent almost 10 years in investment banking, at Lehman Brothers and Barclays. As a banker, he focused on a wide variety of corporate finance assignments for energy companies, including initial public offerings, debt and equity capital raises, mergers and acquisitions and general strategic advisory work.
Matt earned his Bachelor of Arts in Government and Classics from The University of Virginia and his MBA from The University of Virginia’s Darden School.