MATTHEW TRIFIRO

Matthew G. Trifiro is a co-founder and CEO of 1,000 Markets, Inc., a Seattle-based technology company that builds e-commerce platforms for marketplaces. Formerly, he was co-founder and Vice President of Marketing of Wink Communications, Inc., one of the first publicly-traded interactive television companies. He was Vice President of Interactive Television at Geoworks and is the founder of Saxifrage Ventures, Inc., an intellectual property holding company. As a volunteer, he serves as the Chair of Commonweal Communities, a conservation-based housing developer based in Santa Fe, NM. From 2001 to 2008, heserved on the national Board of Directors of the Trust for Public Land and helped launch the Parks for People program in Los Angeles. He is an award-winning real estate investor and has been a technical writer, a magazine editor, and a video game designer. He is a professionally trained cook (Tante Marie's Cooking School,) and an avid hiker and kayaker. He lives with his wife, Lisa, and his son, Alexander, and splits his time between Orcas Island and Seattle.