Welcome to the Team: Meet Joey, Matt, Olivia & Erin

Meet TechNexus's newest team members: Joey Alfieri, Matt Meyers, Olivia Land, and Erin Martell. From venture operations to marketing to strategy, learn how each brings a unique background to the firm's mission of connecting startups and corporations.

TechNexus Venture Collaborative's New Team Members Welcome to the TechNexus Team What’s your job title? Joey Alfieri: Venture Operations Analyst Matt Meyers: Strategy Manager Olivia Land: Marketing Coordinator Erin Martell: Venture Manager Tell me a bit about your background and how you got here? JA: My career background is a little more unorthodox than the typical person in VC. I graduated college in 2019 and was playing football for the last few years. In college I had a few internships, some sales roles, some commercial real estate roles focused on small venture startups where we would kind of hold their hands through their growth process as they scaled up through IPOs. So there's a little bit of background that was relevant to VC that I got exposure to in college. And then for these last two and a half-three years, I was playing football. I got the opportunity to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles out of college, then I spent some time with New York giants, and then spent the bulk of my playing career with the San Francisco 49ers and got to be a part of their Superbowl run in 2020, which was a great experience. And that brings me to now…there were a few months of me moving on from my football career as I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do, and then one thing led to another and I was really lucky to get the opportunity to join the TechNexus team. MM: So I'm originally from St. Louis, Missouri, and after undergrad schooling, I moved to Chicago. There was a lot more opportunity up here, and I wanted to move to a big city. I was able to get a job at KPMG within their consulting practice. During my time, I was able to explore a few different different service lines and eventually found the right fit working at KPMG within their strategy group. KPMG is a large multinational firm with a lot of opportunities. I saw companies large and small and a lot of different management styles. I really was able to get experience working in two main areas - M&A consulti