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Matt Oberhardt
Matt Oberhardt is a Partner on the Talent Network team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he has led executive hiring and talent strategy since 2012. Armed with a BS in Chemical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Wharton, he spent six years at Korn/Ferry International before joining a16z to help portfolio founders recruit and retain world-class C-suite talent. Beyond executive search, he is a board member of The COMMIT Foundation and champions the transition of military veterans into technology careers, partnering with organizations like BreakLine, Honor Foundation, and shift.org. He lives in Truckee, California (near Lake Tahoe), shares his home with a pair of golden retrievers, and is a devoted - if historically pained - Philadelphia sports fan.
Tina Ferguson
Tina Ferguson is a People Practices Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where she has helped shape the human infrastructure of the venture capital world since 2012. She was the first person hired to build and scale the People Practices function at a16z, advising portfolio founders across consumer, web3, fintech, and gaming on organization design, DEI, executive team integration, talent management, and compensation strategy. With prior stints at Cisco Systems, Morgan Stanley, Opsware, and Trend Micro, she brings a rare blend of enterprise rigor and startup agility to one of the most influential VC firms in the world.