Matt Hightower
Senior Business Analyst at Emory Impact Investing Group- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Emory Impact Investing Group
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United States
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Business Analyst
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Aug 2023 - Present
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Atlas Consulting Group at Emory University
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Membership Committee Member
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May 2023 - Present
Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Created behavioral, case, and logic questions for the Fall of 2023 written application and interviews
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Analyst
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Feb 2023 - Present
Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Designed a sustainability branding campaign for Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport titled “Don’t Fly Unless You Support…” to educate consumers and employees about the airport’s consumer-facing sustainability initiatives - Proposed adopting an incentives program that utilizes individual plastic usage trackers for flyers to calculate their personal plastic intake and provide recommendations for minimizing plastic consumption in their daily lives - Benchmarked current Hartsfield-Jackson… Show more - Designed a sustainability branding campaign for Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport titled “Don’t Fly Unless You Support…” to educate consumers and employees about the airport’s consumer-facing sustainability initiatives - Proposed adopting an incentives program that utilizes individual plastic usage trackers for flyers to calculate their personal plastic intake and provide recommendations for minimizing plastic consumption in their daily lives - Benchmarked current Hartsfield-Jackson sustainability initiatives against other large airports to identify and implement improvements - Presented findings and deliverables to the Hartsfield-Jackson Sustainability team and 54 student consultants
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Cox Enterprises
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Treasury & Investments Intern
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May 2023 - Aug 2023
Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Archived 997,253 documents, including sensitive internal and external communications dating back to 1998 - Developed a cohesive digital filing system that focused on searchability, organization, and tagging of documents to ensure easy access during potential litigation - Participated in investment strategy and portfolio management sessions for an $8 billion+ pension fund - Attended an investment conference and asset manager meetings to assist in allocating the pension funds -… Show more - Archived 997,253 documents, including sensitive internal and external communications dating back to 1998 - Developed a cohesive digital filing system that focused on searchability, organization, and tagging of documents to ensure easy access during potential litigation - Participated in investment strategy and portfolio management sessions for an $8 billion+ pension fund - Attended an investment conference and asset manager meetings to assist in allocating the pension funds - Obtained a certification in Reveal Brainspace, an AI-Powered eDiscovery and Investigations software - Collaborated with the legal department to ensure the Records and Information Management Policy was upheld Show less
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Emory Impact Investing Group
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United States
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Growth
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Dec 2022 - May 2023
Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Evaluated and developed education, engagement, and outreach strategies to enhance member experience for an 80-person research organization - Designed a research journal template to disseminate the organization’s research to the Emory community, partners, entrepreneurs, and potential investors - Chaired the Journal Growth Team, which edited all of the previous year’s research articles for the journal - Developed a new member handbook structure that highlights the organization’s… Show more - Evaluated and developed education, engagement, and outreach strategies to enhance member experience for an 80-person research organization - Designed a research journal template to disseminate the organization’s research to the Emory community, partners, entrepreneurs, and potential investors - Chaired the Journal Growth Team, which edited all of the previous year’s research articles for the journal - Developed a new member handbook structure that highlights the organization’s history, research procedures, training, policies, and structure - Recorded and posted Instagram spotlights highlighting a different team’s research topic and researchers - Oversaw the Human Capital, Journal, Socials, and Events Growth Teams - Read applications and conducted interviews for team leads and researchers staffed on specialty projects
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Research Analyst
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Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Co-authored a research paper exploring the causes behind the shift of small businesses from traditional lenders to Financial Technology firms, as well as the primary differences between the two types of lenders - Conducted a literature review on 15 sources to evaluate existing research on small businesses and FinTech firms - Presented findings at a research symposium to a diverse group of students, faculty, researchers, and consultants
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Verified Security
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United States
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Security and Investigations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Advertisement and Marketing Intern
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May 2021 - Aug 2021
Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Designed and implemented a successful Google AdWords marketing campaign resulting in 36 conversions - Tested various search terms and ads to optimize search engine traffic generating 2,870 clicks on the website - Conducted market research and analysis to assess the feasibility of expansion of the business into a new city
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Education
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Emory University - Goizueta Business School
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Organization and Management, Political Science -
Woodward Academy
High School Diploma