Symplicity Leadership Team & Executives

Matthew Small

CEO

With more than 20 years of higher ed experience, Matt comes to Symplicity from Blackboard Inc., where he held various leadership positions including Chief Business Officer and President, International. At Blackboard, Matt had numerous responsibilities across the organization throughout the company’s history, including operations, marketing, HR, legal, business and corporate development, publisher relationships, mergers and acquisitions and, most recently, Blackboard International. Matt also led several major company transactions during his tenure at Blackboard, including Blackboard’s initial public offering in 2004; several public equity and debt financings; the acquisition and integration of several education technology companies such as WebCT, Inc. (2006), Xythos Software (2007), The NTI Group, Inc. (2008), Angel Learning (2009), Terriblyclever Design LLC (2009), Elluminate (2010), Wimba (2010), Presidium Learning (2010), Moodlerooms (2011), Netspot (2011), Txttools (2011), Positivo Portal (2013), Remote Learner UK (2014), Nivel Siete (2015) and X-Ray Analytics (2015); and the sale of Blackboard Inc. to Providence Equity Partners in 2011.