My name is Matthew Paulson and I'm an entrepreneur, an author and an angel investor. I have been building businesses since 2006 and am currently running three companies, including an investment news service, a digital publishing company in the golf industry and a software fundraising platform for animal shelters and humane societies. My largest business, MarketBeat.com, publishes a daily investment newsletter to more than 250,000 subscribers. It also operates a network of financial news websites including American Banking and Market News (www.americanbankingnews.com) and Ticker Report (www.tickerreport.com) which garner more than 3 million page views each month. My first book, 40 Rules for Internet Business Success (www.40rulesbook.com), provides the principles and strategies I’ve used to build and grow my Internet businesses. My second book, Email Marketing Demystified (www.myemailmarketingbook.com), offers a step-by-step guide for any business owner to leverage the power of email marketing in their business. I blog about entrepreneurship on my personal website, www.mattpaulson.com.

Partner @ USGolfTV (T Interactive, LLC) produces a regionally-syndicated television show available in 12 million homes and 25 states. The company regularly publishes new content on its web portal, USGolfTV.com, and has produced a variety of video training courses designed to help golfers improve their game. I acquired an equity stake in USGolfTV in mid-2014 and provide leadership to the company in the areas of marketing, operations and product development. From August 2014 to Present (1 year 3 months) Sioux Falls, SDCo-Founder @ GoGo Photo Contest (SJM Fundraising, LLC) provides web-based fundraising software for animal welfare groups. Through its donate-to-vote photo-contest fundraising software, the company has helped animal shelters and humane societies raise more than $1 million since it launched in October 2013. I co-developed the GoGo Photo Contest software platform with Jason and Stevie Shea and currently manage the company's financials and marketing efforts. From July 2013 to Present (2 years 4 months) Sioux Falls, SDFounder @ MarketBeat.com (formerly Analyst Ratings Network) is a digital publishing company that makes real-time financial information accessible to investors at all levels. The company publishes a daily investment newsletter to more than 250,000 subscribers and operates a network of financial news websites including American Banking and Market News (www.americanbankingnews.com) and Ticker Report (www.tickerreport.com) which garner more than 3 million page views each month. From November 2010 to Present (5 years) Sioux Falls, SDAdjunct Instructor @ Dakota State University is a public university located governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents. As an adjunct instructor, I developed curriculum for and instructed client-side and server-side website development courses, including CIS-275: Web Programming 1 and CIS-375: Web Programming 2. From August 2008 to August 2013 (5 years 1 month) Madison, SDSenior Web Developer @ Factor360 is website design and development firm based out of Pierre, South Dakota. While at Factor360, I developed a multi-site content management system called 360WebCMS (www.360webcms.com) that powers approximately 200 websites. I also managed a wide variety of web projects and developed custom ASP.NET web applications. From January 2008 to November 2012 (4 years 11 months) Sioux Falls, SDFounder @ American Consumer News was a network of personal finance websites including American Consumer News.com, Fine-Tuned Finances.com, Discover Debt Freedom.com and Savings Toolbox.com. At its peak, the network had a team of 7 writers and garnered more than 400,000 page views per month. From November 2006 to November 2010 (4 years 1 month) Madison, SDComputer Support Intern @ I worked as a computer support intern for the South Dakota Unified Judicial System for two summers during college. In this role, I provided on-site and remote technical support to users, installed new hardware, documented hardware and software systems and created a web-based employee status system. From May 2006 to May 2008 (2 years 1 month) Sioux Falls, SDTechnology Fellow @ I served as a technology fellow at Dakota State University during my sophomore, junior and senior years of college. During this time, I created a number of websites for university departments, developed a university news portal and managed the university's information assurance computer lab. From September 2005 to May 2008 (2 years 9 months) Madison, SDWeb Developer @ Logic Lizard was a web and software development firm founded by three professors from Dakota State University. As a student web developer, I created a wide variety of ASP.NET-based website and web-applications for local businesses. From December 2006 to February 2008 (1 year 3 months) Madison, SD

M.A. Christian Leadership, Leadership Studies, 3.9 @ Sioux Falls Seminary From 2009 to 2013 M.S. Information Systems, E-Commerce, 4.0 @ Dakota State University From 2008 to 2009 B.S. Computer Science, E-Commerce, 3.6 @ Dakota State University From 2004 to 2008 Matt Paulson is skilled in: AJAX, Wordpress, ASP.NET, SEO, Software, PHP, Website Development, Web Development, Email Marketing, WordPress, Software Development, Integration, Online Marketing, CMS, Web Design, Networking, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Project Management, HTML, E-commerce, Google Analytics, CSS, jQuery, Web Analytics, IIS, Press Releases, JavaScript, User Experience, Usability, HTML 5, Google Adwords, Web Project Management, JSON, Dreamweaver, Web 2.0, Leadership Development, HTML5, Robotics