Endorsements

Read what others have said about my professional qualities and performance in a number of different areas of expertise.

“Matt is an extremely dedicated, intelligent and hard working executive. Highly recommend tapping his skills for all things community, podcasting and editorial.” – Jason Calacanis, serial entrepreneur, CEO of Mahalo.com Inc., co-founder of Weblogs Inc., founder of the Silicon Alley Reporter

“Tenacious and creative, Matthew Selznick is a masterful storyteller and producer and an expert at conceiving, deploying and managing complex narrative-driven campaigns. Matthew represents the best of both worlds: an ultracreative with an eye for detail. He is an indisputable asset to any organization keen to achieve its creative and business goals.” – J.C. Hutchins, Novelist, Screenwriter, Transmedia Storyteller

“I consider Matthew a producer superhero. He finds solutions, makes a good idea great and stays calm under pressure. He knows the art of clear and effective communication and the science of executing clever and entertaining marketing campaigns. A talented writer, an intelligent sense of humor and an overall awesome person to collaborate with and learn from, Matthew is an asset to any team.” – Danielle Kugell, Senior Producer at Jetset Studios

“Matt has been a very patient teacher, a caring mentor, and a very competent and versatile advisor. I would happily recommend Matt to any author who wishes to promote themselves and their book on the web – which is pretty well everyone these days!” — John Berling Hardy, entrepreneur, speaker and author of “Have We Been Played? The Hidden Game Revealed”

“Matthew was the ‘champion of the user’ for Mahalo. He was tireless and meticulous in his efforts to make sure the viewpoint of our customers was understood by the tech team, and he did this with amazing success.

Prior to this, he managed the Greenhouse, our freelance effort, which was a massive undertaking riddled with people problems, money and check issues, technical glitches, and editorial aspects. And yet, Matt somehow managed to make all the ‘trains run on time’ and keep everyone happy. This was a really crazy undertaking, and Matt not only volunteered for it but attacked and threw down to make this go month after month. We thanked our stars that Matt was around: he was a ‘hero of Mahalo’ on many, many occasions.

I personally went out of my way to recruit Matt and was delighted to have him as long as I did, and I would hire him again in a heartbeat. Anyone who gets him is incredibly lucky.” – Mark Jeffrey, CTO of Mahalo.com Inc., co-founder of ZeroDegrees, Inc and The Palace, Inc., founder of SuperSig, Inc., author, new media pioneer

“Matt was the first person to volunteer when Mahalo first began discussing organizing freelance user contributions in the Mahalo Greenhouse. During the first year of its development Matt was instrumental in planning and executing on this program. He also helped manage well over 200 freelance contributors, facilitating all the assorted paperwork involved in managing such a workforce, and carefully tallying and determining payment for them.

He also had a passion for the community we were building and was constantly thinking of new ways to improve the community aspects of the site. He eventually became Product Evangelist at Mahalo, helping to run the company’s blog and reach out to the Mahalo users.

Matt is a hard-working individual, a talented writer, and someone who is passionate about the work that he does. I hope to get the opportunity to work with him again.” – C.K. Sample III, Director of Content Marketing at Crowd Fusion, Editor at Obsessable.com, Editorial Director of Mahalo.com Inc, Director and General Manager of Netscape.com at AOL LLC

“What amazed me about Matt was his ability to look around/ask a few questions/focus and then get the job done. Matt is also not one to not share his views.” — Elliot C.R. Cook, Vice President, Operations at Mahalo.Com Inc., Development Director at McCann – Erickson Worldwide, CIO at Hamilton Securities, President at Wharton Automation Associates

“Matt stands out in the crowd with an unending energy and optimism that he utilizes to constantly improve whatever project he’s focused on. Matt’s real strength comes into play when things get difficult, as his focus and energy make him unstoppable where others might give up. Matt also has the unique ability to manage multiple stressful jobs at once with a smile.” – Tyler Crowley, Founder and CEO at Skweal, Director of Marketing and Strategy at Mahalo.com Inc.

“Knows the ins and outs of social media and building communities. Id work with him again hands down and seems to know where the next big thing online is going to be.” – Ray Slakinski, Senior Developer at Hii Def Inc., Lead Architect at Mahalo.com Inc., System Administrator at Podiobooks.com, Co-Creator & Lead Engineer at PopCurrent.com, CTO of Thunderstone Media, creator of the iPodderX / Transistr podcast client

“Matt is an outstanding critical thinker, a man of principle, and a true advocate for the customer. During my time working with him, he consistently had the clearest understanding of how people act and react to the use of technology. He is both and engaging speaker and a gifted writer, and I would not hesitate to hire him if the opportunity presents itself in the future.” – Christopher Miller, Senior Developer at American Greetings Interactive, Lead Developer at Mahalo.com Inc., co-founder and lead developer at Podiobooks.com, Senior Developer at Chad Allan Consulting, LLC

“Matthew delivered a great job, at a fair price, within the time schedule agreed – and with a wonderful attitude. He is knowledgeable, helpful and creative. We wouldn’t think of using anyone else for our next project – and have already referred him to a few clients.” – Selwyn Gerber, President of Gerber & Co. CPAs

“Matt did a top-notch job narrating written work for my podcasts. I have definite plans to bring him back to do it again.” — Steve Eley, President at Escape Artists, host and producer of Escape Pod, podcasting pioneer, editor

“Most jobs ask you to become engaged with the product/service that you are offering, but Matt takes it to a whole new level. Never have I seem someone so engaged with a product and so willing to dive into helping make it better/more impressive/more friendly to the user. Matt is able to ask the tough questions and has the unique ability come to reasoned, thoughtful answers. If you are looking to make your product/service better, there is no better person to help you do that than Matt.” – Andrew Kaufman, Content Strategist at Internet Brands, Editorial Director at Mahalo.com Inc., copywriter at InfoSearch Media, Editorial and marketing associate at Roxbury Publishing

“Matt Selznick is in the top ten of the new genre writers of 2006.” — Paul Fischer, Producer at Dancing Cat Studios, Senior Network Engineer and Architect at Northrop Grunman / TASC, Senior Network Engineer at AOL, Vice President of Open Age, Inc.

“When Matthew Wayne Selznick speaks at conferences about the DIY ethic, new media and intellectual property, it is clear he does so from strong firsthand experience. Matthew gets the power of engagement that makes social and new media different from traditional media and he excels at connecting with his audience and cultivating a true relationship with each fan. He gets that the bar for success when distributing and promoting your own work directly is higher and the quality of his work is more than up to that challenge. I am happy and privileged to be able to point to him as an example of successfully doing it yourself and taking advantage of new media with positive results.” – Thomas Gideon, Producer and Host of The Command Line Podcast, Engineering Team Lead at Learning Objects, Editor in Chief at Open Media Review, Vice President of Technology at Qbit LLC

“Matt’s insanely smart and constantly comes up with clever ideas. He can write. He’s a dedicated, hard worker and can manage a team of a hundred without breaking a sweat. But Matt’s best quality is his boundless enthusiasm. No matter how tough things get, or how stressful things are, Matt always has a positive attitude and redoubles his efforts, and is able to inspire others with his enthusiasm.” — Nicole Gustas, Website & Marketing Manager at Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Lead Guide at Mahalo.com Inc., Associate Producer at Morningstar Entertainment

“Matt really does want to help people, particularly artists, writers, musicians, and podcasters, and I would definitely tell anyone in SoCal, or anyone for whom location doesn’t matter, to work with Matt if they have the opportunity. I’ve already referred people to him when I wasn’t in a position to take on the jobs myself.” – Sallie Goetsch, Co-founder of the Podcast Asylum, owner of the Author-izer, board member at Bay Area Consultants Network

“Matt managed a large pool of remote and freelance workers. His organization and ability to communicate with his team was very impressive. He also took great care in interacting with users using their feedback to improve the product. His understanding of what social media is and more importantly what it has potential to be is unmatched.” – Michael Rhoads, Senior Director, Product Management at Ranker, Director of Product at Mahalo.com Inc.

“Matt is a real gem. He is intelligent, full of ideas, organized, and dedicated. And what really makes Matt stand out is that he cares. He genuinely cares about his company, its mission, our customers, and his colleagues.” – Jenny Ip, Software Implementation Manager at Chrome River Technology, Director of Administration at Mahalo.com Inc., Business Management Consultant at Deloitte Consulting

“Matthew Wayne Selznick was made to excel in the New Media world. His talent, dedication, and engaging smarts shine through in every one of his many projects. No matter the media topic, he is bound to have intelligent, insightful, valuable input. I look forward to working with him on future media ventures.” – Jack Mangan, New Media Producer at Farpoint Media LLC, Quality Engineer at Scientific Monitoring, Inc.

“I couldn’t be happier with the edits and recommend Matt to anyone who wants to put their writing under a harsh but skillful light in order to improve it.” – Paul Story, Author of “Tom Corvin” and “10 Downing St.”

“Matthew is able to keep focus on the goals at hand while handling people and difficult situations with great diplomacy and tact.” – Crystal Arcand, Curator at MySpace, blogger for Tsavo Media, Owner of 3 Stairs

“Working with Matt introduced me to a new level of dedication to customer service. Matt tirelessly worked to make sure each new innovation and iteration made sense for users, speaking up whenever necessary to accomplish this. I also worked with Matt as the Mahalo Greenhouse was first starting, and saw firsthand how he organized, managed, and welcomed each new freelance contributor. Matt was a great colleague.” – Sara Kettler, Lead Editor at Mahalo.com Inc., Production Coordinator at Technicolor

“As an early adopter of podcasting, Matthew has been instrumental in promoting the music of independent artists such as myself. I’m so thankful for his dedication to both the DIY ethic and the independent music scene.” – Samantha Murphy, founder of the Highway Girl, Staff Songwriter at Warner/Chappell Music