Matt Skiba

Meet Matt Skiba, the VP of Talent at Genies, a leading avatar technology company. With a Bachelor of Arts in American History from Santa Clara University, Skiba is a partner, strategist, team builder, and networker, and a devoted dad and husband. Before joining Genies, he held multiple leadership roles at Snap Inc., leading global acquisition, inside sales, and executive recruiting. Prior to Snap, he was a partner at True Search, where he focused on consumer media, entertainment, and sports.

Skiba also has experience in operations and recruiting, demonstrated in his tenure as Director of Development and Recruiting at Team NorCal Lacrosse, and as Athletic Advisor and Director of Lacrosse at Stuart Hall for Boys. He has also worked in accounting and collections at Gordon & Rees LLP.

With his diverse background, Skiba brings a wealth of expertise to his role at Genies, where he oversees the company's talent development strategies. As an avatar technology company, Genies empowers users to create their own avatars, avatar wearable fashion lines, avatar worlds, and avatar interactive experiences in web3. With its partnerships with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, Genies has a 99% celebrity avatar market share, counting Justin Bieber, Migos, Cardi B, and J Balvin among its Genie creators. In addition, Genies' avatar ecosystem NFT marketplace, The Warehouse, built in collaboration with Dapper Labs, allows talent, IP, and creators to design and sell their avatar ecosystem creations to the masses.