Matthew Thwaites, a resident of Austin, Texas, is the Director of Analytics at Open Loot Studios. He joined the company in January 2022 as a marketing analyst and has since advanced to lead the platform’s analytics initiatives. In his current role, he oversees the development and deployment of statistical AI models and performance optimization strategies across six games in the Open Loot portfolio.
Matthew Thwaites leads a team of multiple engineers and analysts in building pipelines between game and marketplace sources. He also designs and deploys supervised and unsupervised machine learning models, as well as A/B/n testing to increase user retention, boost purchase conversion rates, and detect fraud.
In 2022, Matthew Thwaites served as a marketing analytics manager at Big Time Studios. He supervised end-to-end influencer partnership strategy and performance advertising campaigns that facilitated cost-effective user and buyer acquisition.
At Yale, Mr. Thwaites excelled academically and athletically, being elected President of Trumbull College, receiving the Presidential Fellowship, and graduating cum laude. He was also a member of the varsity cross country and track teams. After graduating from Yale University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Matthew Thwaites served as an infantry officer in the US Army for a decade. Throughout his military career and as a veteran, Mr. Thwaites received the Bronze Star Medal for his involvement in peace negotiations between the US government, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and the Taliban.
Mr. Thwaites also holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a recipient of the Hildebrandt and Palmer awards. In addition to running, he enjoys jiu-jitsu.