Matt England

matt england

Matt graduated from Fisher High School in 1989 and earned a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994.

For the next 10 years, Matt helped develop software-based solutions sold by various new and established companies. Matt’s first post-collegiate job found him as a key contributor to helping a data storage company multiply its revenue 20 times. During this time, Matt also co-founded multiple, small-to-medium-sized technology and services companies.

In 2004, Matt co-founded Cleversafe, a Chicago-based company that invented, introduced, and commercialized the “world’s largest computing data storage technology.” At Cleversafe, Matt was the initial, primary inventor and led a team that architected and delivered products and services based upon this technology. IBM acquired Cleversafe in 2015.

The Cleversafe technology changed the landscape of the large-scale computing industry, setting the operational standard for large corporations, governments, and Internet-cloud computing services. For example, a vast portion of the photos and videos presented on the web today are served by systems powered at their core by Cleversafe-based solutions, or derivative solutions produced by competitors copying the technology introduced by Cleversafe.

  • Graduated Fisher High School (1989)
  • Graduated University of Illinois, Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s degree (1994)
  • Co-founded Cleversafe as VP of Engineering and Chief Architect (2004)
  • Cleversafe produces world’s first large-scale dispersed-storage network technology
  • Cleversafe sold to IBM (2015)
  • General manager, principal at Kove (2008)
  • Kove produces world’s first software-defined, unlimited-scale, networked DRAM memory
  • University of Illinois Entrepreneur in Residence, mentor to early-stage company founders (2012)