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Name
Matt Hodges
Title
Executive Director, Zinc Labs
Bio
Matt Hodges is the Executive Director of Zinc Labs, a political innovation lab at Zinc Collective that houses the organization's strategic work in Democratic technology and pilot programs. Matt brings a blended background of technology and Democratic politics through his work in software development, data analytics, and systems infrastructure.

Matt sits on the Advisory Board of Higher Ground Labs, an accelerator that invests in early-stage political tech companies. He also is a member of the Advisory Board for Quiller, an Artificial Intelligence copilot that helps Democrats draft and deploy high quality, effective fundraising content.

Previously, Matt was the Director of Engineering for President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign. His team was responsible for developing and implementing the technology infrastructure that powered the campaign, including data pipelines, fundraising tools, and voter outreach platforms. Prior to this, he was a Senior Software Engineer for The Groundwork, which provided the application and infrastructure platform that powered the 2016 presidential campaign of Secretary Hillary Clinton.

Before entering the world of political technology, Matt worked in the tech industry as a Software Engineer and Infrastructure Engineer at companies like Datadog, Lisnr, and Cardinal Solutions.