---
title: "Matt Westgate"
url: "/about/matt-westgate"
type: bio
date: 2015-06-23
updated: 2023-06-27
---

# Matt Westgate

#  Matt Westgate 

 Co-Founder & Former Chairperson

 Providence, RI

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Matt’s career began when he graduated from Iowa State University in *Computer-Mediated Technologies*, a degree program he literally built from the ground up that focuses on the emerging field of web applications and information architecture.

After graduation, Matt teamed up with [John VanDyk](https://www.sysarchitects.com/) to develop MFramework, a metadata-driven Content Management System which later became an important cornerstone to the foundation of Drupal's CCK platform. Matt and John also authored the [Pro Drupal Development](https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Drupal-Development-John-VanDyk/dp/1590597559) book, a must-have resource for any Drupal core developer.

Matt has been an active member and supporter of the Drupal community from the beginning and is credited with over 600 commits. He contributed the path aliasing module and table sort library to Drupal core and wrote the original e-commerce package as a proof of concept that Drupal was much more than a CMS.

In 2006, [Matt launched Lullabot with co-founder Jeff Robbins](https://www.lullabot.com/about#block-block-contentad515c1f-b0b5-4cd4-a759-a53033dee43c). Matt built Lullabot’s [unique culture](https://www.lullabot.com/values) on trust and open collaboration, a foundation embraced by the whole team that is the driving force behind Lullabot’s continued success. While CEO of Lullabot, Matt was also recognized as one of the [50 Best CEOs](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/12/11/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-ranked-best-leader-us-comparably/2206490002/) among small and mid-sized businesses.

 

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