Matt Aiello is a based in Heidrick & Struggles’ Washington, DC office and specializes in the recruitment of senior-level technology and services executives.   Matt is an active member of the firm’s Information Officers Practice. With ten years of executive search experience, Matt has led CIO, CTO, Heads of Applications, Infrastructure, Architecture and other searches for companies across industries including consumer, retail, media, professional services, software, automotive, and financial services.  He has also helped technology and services clients build or expand their business into the public sector (global, federal/defense, state and local).  In addition, Matt has led executive assessment and succession planning projects for CIOs and business services executives. Before beginning his career in executive search, Matt was a member of the startup team of a successful dotcom, a director of research for a distinguished Washington research group and a public school teacher.  Matt received his BA in political science from Yale University.