Matthew T.  Spathas, Bio.

Matt Spathas is a partner with SENTRE Partners, a real estate investment company and CEO of Bandwidth Now, which creates buildings of the future. Matt has acquired, developed or managed or facilitated in excess of $2 billion of real estate transactions. In 2004, Matt journeyed to seek out next generation real estate and best practices, touring 38 buildings in 5 countries and 12 cities. This tour also included visiting two K thru 12 international schools, the Western Academy of Beijing and Concordia International School of Shanghai.

He has participated on several real estate thought leadership panels throughout the US including Realcomm, UNC Charlotte, Cisco, and Intel. SENTRE's leading edge next generation buildings have been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, Cisco's IQ Magazine and Fast Company Magazine.

Matt is a graduate of Oregon State University.  In 2008, Matt was honored by Oregon State University's College of Business at its 100th year anniversary of Innovative Global Leaders which honored 100 graduates.

Matt's work in public education includes:  

• Led initiative to launch Live Homework Help, a free online tutoring service for San Diego students

• Member of the San Diego County Office of Education Strategic Planning Committee

• Served on team to create San Diego Unified School District  virtual high school ihigh

• Co-Chair of San Diego Unified School District Prop S - a $2.1 Billion Bond Measure

• Independent Citizens Advisory Committee

• San Diego Unified School District Superintendant Search Committee 2010, San Diego Unified School District

• Online Math Pilot, a one-to-one web-based curriculum and assessment for grades 5 to 8

Matt is the founder of the educational web site ibrary.com which serves as a resource for educational innovation and best practices.  A frequent speaker in educational forums on the subject of Engaging, Empowering and Preparing Students for the 21^st Century, Matt has been invited to present/keynote to:

• University of San Diego, ELDA Summer Institute - "Leading Schools in a Flat World"

• San Diego County Office of Education - "Skills of the 21st Century Workplace"

• San Diego State University - Achievement Gap Summit, "Engaging, Empowering and Preparing Students for the 21st Century"

• Small Schools Association, Regional Conference, Sacramento, CA

Matt serves on the Advisory Board of the University of San Diego School of Leadership and Education Sciences, is a past President President/current board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego and serves on the Point Loma Cluster Schools Foundation (Executive Committee and Founding Member).

He and his wife, Kris, have 4 children ages 16 to 22.

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