Bio
Matt Glickman (MBA, MA, Education 1993) has spent the bulk of his career as a technology entrepreneur and executive, starting and growing companies and non-profit organizations. He currently teaches several classes at the GSB and is a board member, adviser and/or investor in technology companies and non-profit educational organizations.
Previously, he was co-founder and CEO of BabyCenter, Merced Systems and Promise Venture Studio. BabyCenter was a pioneer in the consumer Internet, growing to become the leader in the online parenting market and was sold to Johnson & Johnson. Merced Systems became the dominant provider of performance management software for large customer service functions and was sold to NICE Systems. Promise Venture Studio is a non-profit organization that supports social entrepreneurs in early childhood development.
In earlier years, Matt has held leadership roles at Intuit and Teach for America, and he started his career as a consultant at Bain & Company.
He graduated an Arjay Miller Scholar from Stanford Graduate School of Business where he earned his MBA. He holds an MA from Stanford School of Education and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College. He is married with three grown children.
Stanford GSB Affiliations
- Faculty Affiliate Grousbeck-Holloway Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Academic Degrees
- MBA, Stanford GSB, 1993
- MA, Stanford School of Education, 1993
- BA, Amherst College, 1987
Awards and Honors
- William F. Meehan III Lecturer, 2023–24
Professional Experience
- Chairman, NovoEd
- Board Member, TNTP
- General Manager, NICE Systems
- Co-Founder & CEO, Merced Systems
- Co-Founder & CEO, BabyCenter