Matt Sparks

Matt Sparks is the founder and CEO of Heliogrid, a solar finance company that focuses on low-to-moderate income (LMI) communities. Sparks also worked as an executive at an energy storage startup and other companies. He’s spoken at SXSW several times. He invented rock climbing equipment and co-invented a smart bird feeder. He has a BA in English Literature and an MBA in Entrepreneurship. When he’s not writing sci-fi or playing board games in his home city of Austin, Texas, he’s exploring how new technologies are changing how we think, move, and live.