User:Mhalprin

Matt Halprin has been a member of the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees since August 2009, fulfilling one of the four Board-appointed, "expertise seats".

Matt has extensive experience with online communities, trust, and reputation. He also has a background in strategy development, which will be particularly useful as we embark on the collaborative strategy development project, Wikimedia's top priority for the coming year.

Matt is also a partner at Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives. Before joining Omidyar Network, Halprin was most recently Vice President of Global Trust and Safety at eBay. Prior to eBay, Halprin served as a Partner and Vice President at the Boston Consulting Group, where he worked with technology clients on strategy issues.