Matt White is the CEO of Berkeley Synthetic, a research group focused on applications of AI in simulations, games and the Metaverse. He teaches graduate students data science at the School of Information at UC Berkeley. He also leads architecture and engineering in emerging technology at Amdocs.

Matt is the Co-founder, former Executive Director and Chair of the Open Metaverse Foundation, the longest running Metaverse organization which was founded in 2006 and is now a part of the Linux Foundation. He is also a Chair at the Metaverse Standards Forum where he leads the Digital Asset Management working group focused on interoperability, portability, security and ownership of digital assets in the Metaverse. He is currently serving as a Chair at the Metaverse Standards Forum.