Matt Bresnan

Matt Bresnan is Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Fortra, where he is responsible for defining the strategic roadmap and driving global development of our software products. 

Matt joined Fortra in 1995, starting as a software engineer and serving in multiple managerial and engineering roles over the years. In addition to his current role leading the R&D team, he has also played an important role in numerous acquisitions, managing technical diligence prior to the transaction and planning the subsequent integration. Matt also sits on the IBM Advisory Council for Power Systems. He's passionate about technology and software engineering, and has written a number of articles on those subjects for industry publications. 

Prior to joining Fortra, Matt held various software engineering roles at Coca-Cola Enterprises and as an independent contractor. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Business Administration from Minnesota State University, Mankato.