As the CEO, it’s Matt’s job to make sure the train runs on time at MarketBeat. He leads the team, monitors major initiatives and is responsible for the company’s overall growth and progress.

He takes pride in having built a unique company culture that allows our people to love their job, do their best work, be fully engaged with their families and give back to their communities. Through projects like the MarketBeat burger, MarketBrew beer, the MarketBeat Holiday Plaza, and the MarketBeat community fireworks show, he has been able to build a cohesive team that loves their work and gives back in a variety of ways.

From Mitchell, SD, his career stemmed from his degrees in computer science, information systems, and Christian leadership. Prior to starting MarketBeat, he did web software development work for a marketing agency.

When he steps away from work, he is usually in full dad mode. After he gets his two kids to bed, he enjoys playing video games (primarily Hearthstone) and watching old professional wrestling videos. He regularly bikes and walks to stay fit and is also a luxury wristwatch hobbyist.

Arguably Queen City Bakery’s best customer, Matt is known to order a classic bagel bomb and wash it down with a medium latte.

On any given day, you can find Will managing MarketBeat’s partner and affiliate relationships. Another area he spends a lot of time on is coordinating our advertiser’s promotions, managing various advertising channels and onboarding new partners.

As a self-taught technology engineer, his background is everything tech. He loves working fast and always has– Marketbeat is a company that moves quickly on all fronts.

Will is one to tell you he’s from Hamilton, MT because apparently, the true answer is very complicated. He shares his life adventures with his wife and two adult children.

His list of hobbies is extensive as he loves learning new things. Over the past few years, he started picking up electrical engineering, resulting in building a lot of crazy electronic devices. As if his hobbies weren’t impressive enough, Will even holds a handful of U.S. patents!

When Will stops into Queen City Bakery, he’s the type of guy to ask for a simple black tea. On occasion, he will treat himself to a slice of coconut cream pie.

Arin takes on a broad range of responsibilities within the accounting, finance, human resources, and risk management functions at MarketBeat. She finds enjoyment in continually learning new aspects of the business and industry and working with a great team of people every day.

Arin attended University of South Dakota where she obtained undergraduate and Master of Professional Accountancy and obtained CPA license shortly thereafter in 2013. Prior to joining the MarketBeat team, Arin acquired a wide variety of business and leadership experience through public and private accounting.

When she is not crunching numbers, Arin is likely chasing around her one-year-old son. She loves spending time with her husband and family – fishing off the dock at home in Brandon, SD, weekends at the lake cabin, or nights at the ball diamonds watching her step kids play baseball and softball. She also enjoys being active by working out and going hiking with the dogs, Piper and Dutch.

You’ll find that Arin is always up for a challenge. At 15 years old she ran the Twin Cities marathon and was the youngest female finisher! A few years ago, she hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon on a hot July day. Caution! Going down is optional, up is mandatory.

When it comes to Queen City Bakery, Arin is known to get there early to catch a savory bagel bomb fresh out of the oven!

As a firm believer in trying everything to solve problems, she loves troubleshooting! Within her role she is tasked with adding features, displaying data and improving the overall user experience. Rebecca is one you can expect to bring a positive attitude to any situation.

She was one of the first MarketBeat employees and continues to stay inspired by adding features users have specifically asked for. Turning data into helpful charts is something she loves. According to Rebecca, “a picture is worth a thousand numbers.”

Rebecca grew up on an acreage in rural Illinois and prior to MarketBeat, she received a teaching degree and taught English and Social Studies for a few years.

When she’s not at work, she loves to be with her family including her husband and daughter. She enjoys music, games involving strategy, dinner parties and the great outdoors. You might even catch her walking or biking around the city!

Her classic Queen City Bakery order is a black coffee and a bagel bomb on the side.

Don serves as the editorial supervisor and oversees the overall production, from idea generation to publication. He keeps an eye on our network of news websites and is one to help facilitate the creation of content and manage the freelance writers we work with. Building, creating and growing a team is the most inspiring part of his job.

He brings a very diverse work experience to the table. From seminary, ministry and government to internet marketing and freelance writing; Don has seemingly done it all. He has even written for ESPN once upon a time.

Don and his wife have 2 sons, a cat and a dog. His hobbies include working, shopping and singing– but only his wife is allowed to hear!

Residing in sunny New Port Richey, FL, Don has us South Dakotan’s a bit jealous! When he comes to visit the rest of us in the office, we make a trip over to Queen City Bakery as a group so he can order himself a quiche.

Ryan takes charge of the IT architecture, comes up with high-level solutions for the MarketBeat infrastructure and helps handle the software development. He plays an active role in developing and implementing changes across the MarketBeat platforms. The speed at which the MarketBeat team can get things accomplished is what inspires him about his job.

He graduated from South Dakota State University and has worked at a number of different start-ups throughout his career.

Keeping busy with a Yorkie, his wife, and two kids, in his free time Ryan can be found playing tennis or watching his two kids participate in their activities.

A fun fact about Ryan is that he believes at least 95% of fun facts are, in fact, not fun. Another fun fact is that his favorite Queen City Bakery treat is the bourbon pecan bar!

Passionate about community and serving others, Maureen is the one to manage special projects, organize company events, and assist with customer support. She continues to be inspired by her co-workers and thinks it’s a beautiful thing to have those alongside her setting examples of efficient work, striving to do more with great attitudes.

She grew up in Paynesville, MN and graduated from St. Cloud State University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and a Communication Studies supplemental major. She loves the opportunity to enhance her local community, and had the chance to do that for almost five years as the event director at Downtown Sioux Falls where she planned and hosted special events for up to 15,000 people.

If you know Maureen, you know that her laugh is contagious and can be identified from across a room filled with several hundred people! Maureen and her husband have two young boys, who she enjoys seeing the simple wonders of the world through their eyes. Outside of work you can also find her knitting a variety of projects! Her go-to Queen City Bakery order? A spinach bacon quiche– yum!

Wendy plays an important role in maintaining positive subscriber experiences. As one of the main points of contact, she acts on behalf of MarketBeat helping customers with questions regarding the services we offer or problems they may have with their portfolio. She offers support with a friendly, helpful approach. Knowing that she’s able to positively impact people is what she finds most rewarding within her role.

She grew up in Lennox, SD and is a South Dakota State University graduate. She worked in the non-profit world for many years before becoming a stay-at-home mom.

Aside from work, Wendy is entertained by spending time with her husband and son, reading, gardening and camping. She can also be found helping plan mystery dinners and selflessly volunteering with one of the Special Olympics teams here in Sioux Falls.

Meet Andrew! His participation at MarketBeat includes helping the customer service team by coordinating and streamlining processes, resolving difficult tickets, advising, educating, and ensuring everything runs smoothly. He thinks the most inspiring part of his job is getting to help both internal and external folks (and himself) learn about the stock market.

Originally from Bakersfield, CA, Andrew moved to Brandon, SD when he was 4 years old. He earned his bachelor’s in Computer Science at Dakota State University.

Andrew is a natural adventurer, loving all things outdoors. He does a lot of mountain biking, backpacking, camping, rock climbing, skiing and different medical rescue services related to those. He has even flown a stunt plane! Owning a photography company on the side, he finds joy in photographing landscapes to showcase the beauty in our state.

You can win Andrew over at Queen City Bakery with a spinach bacon quiche or pimiento bacon bagel bomb and a caramel latte.

Liz has been dedicated to her position by interacting with subscribers to help provide information in response to inquiries about MarketBeat services and resolve complaints. She centers her role around a professional, patient, and people-first attitude. Describing the people she works with as intelligent, funny, caring, and passionate, they are the reason she remains inspired.

She is from Beresford, SD and has worn many hats in her lifetime. After receiving a degree in sociology from the University of South Dakota and prior to MarketBeat, she has been an assistant manager, an executive chef, a substitute teacher, and a stay-at-home mom.

In her downtime she loves to spend time with her husband, two kids, their dog and cat, play board games, crochet and listen to books. Her go-to Queen City Bakery order is a large cappuccino!

As part of the development team, Bekah gets to work on the improvement of current features and the creation of new features for MarketBeat and our ancillary brands. Her strengths include front-end development and accessibility compliance. Since MarketBeat has a very fast-moving development team, she gets the opportunity to work on most aspects of our websites and email newsletters.

She loves how fast MarketBeat moves and the fact we can make decisions quickly and move forward with good ideas and improvements right away. She enjoys the autonomy and support her career at MarketBeat offers in addition to the commitment of growth both for the individual and the surrounding community.

From Rock Valley, IA, Bekah graduated from Dordt College with a bachelor’s in math and computer science and a minor in business administration. Her first job out of college was working as a web application developer for a company that made a content management system (CMS) for private schools, churches, and nonprofits. Then, she moved on to be a web application developer and project manager of custom website designs for an educational service agency.

When she’s not at work she can be found playing in a volleyball league, going on adventures with her Goldendoodle, checking out estate sales, or working on projects for her house. She also has a reality T.V. habit she thoroughly enjoys.

Order up at Queen City Bakery! What is Bekah getting? A large Americano with a splash of cream.

Liz joined the team to help build awesome features and improve existing systems at MarketBeat. She is inspired by the way the team works together. The encouragement and support from everyone are what drive her to learn new ways to help MarketBeat improve.

She attended Dakota State University for a degree in Multimedia Web/Development and spent the last 14 years as a software application developer.

Aside from development, Liz has hidden talents in the kitchen! She hates making supper but claims to be good at baking up some french macarons. Playing games, watching movies, and enjoying time with her husband, two kids, and American bulldog is what Liz might be up to on a day off. In the summer she can be found hanging out at their camper in Yankton, enjoying the sun and water during the day, and campfires at night.

Living in Mitchell, SD, Liz commutes to join us at the office. Or is it just to stop into Queen City Bakery for a caramel latte with almond milk and a blueberry scone?

As the MarketBeat team grew, Laycee stepped in to help with the marketing side of tasks including developing email campaigns, running the promotion of the MarketBeat YouTube channel and exploring other social media opportunities. She felt called to the Marketing industry because she enjoys collaborating with people and making connections.

The University of Sioux Falls alum majored in Media Studies with minors in Communications and Spanish. Laycee brings a background in Financial Services Marketing.

What drew Laycee to MarketBeat was the culture. She believes the culture is a catalyst to keep challenging herself and her teammates to improve continuously. Visiting Queen City Bakery almost daily isn’t too bad either, where her go-to order is a vanilla latte.

When she’s not in the office, she enjoys hanging out with her husband, Jared, and their two dogs, Huey and Hyde, at local breweries. You can also find her searching for a laugh by scrolling through funny videos on Tik Tok, getting out of Sioux Falls and traveling for concerts (or strolling the aisles of Target when she can’t).

While working in college admission, Melissa Brock pursued a freelance writing and editing career. She works as a freelance writer and financial editor covering higher education, investing, personal finance, mortgages, college savings, insurance, and more. The most inspiring part of her job is being creative when writing. She can’t resist reading creative investing content!

She developed her website, College Money Tips, to help families navigate the college journey. She connects with a wide-reaching audience through her site, an upcoming digital course, and the myriad of publications for which she writes. Melissa graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts in communication studies with minors in psychology and Spanish from Central College. She's a longtime member of the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC).

When she’s not busy writing, she enjoys traveling and reading. She once spent a semester in London while in college and wrote for a magazine that sent her on an assignment to review theatre shows, plays, museum exhibits, etc. She claims this to be the best experience ever!

Chris Markoch is a freelance financial copywriter with over five years of experience covering various aspects of the financial markets. You may find his writing a little different than other stock articles you’ve read. And that’s OK with him. Chris doesn’t have a traditional finance background. What he does bring to the table is a strong business and marketing background having worked for agencies that serviced Fortune 500 companies.

With that in mind, he isn’t overly impressed with what companies say, and is more focused on what they do. And because buyer behavior dictates so much of what happens with a stock, Chris always keeps the end consumer close in mind. He stays inspired by learning about new companies and trends on a daily basis.

When he’s not writing, Chris can be found golfing, traveling, watching and playing sports of all kinds.

Dan is an accomplished finance writer with previous experience creating content for Vanguard, Capital One, Benzinga, and PerformLine.

A 2008 graduate of Penn State University's journalism program, Dan currently resides in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two cats.

When he's not writing about finance, Dan enjoys weight lifting, playing poker and arguing with his fellow Phillies fans about Rhys Hoskins.

Gabriel Osorio-Mazzilli has six years of experience in investing and trading financial markets and three years of institutional experience at both Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. He employs a bottom-top approach for picking value-driven investments and uses quantitative strategies in long/short equity trading.

With over 20 years of active participation and analysis of the US equities, options and futures markets, Mr. Yu brings fresh insights into the workings of the financial markets. He has published four books by esteemed publishers McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Marketplace Books and Bloomberg Press. His brainchild, the Underground Trader, was voted Forbes Best of the Web for four consecutive years under the active trader category. He has been a featured speaker all over the country at various expos and seminars who enjoys a standing-room-only reception in the largest convention halls from New York to Las Vegas.

He has been quoted and featured in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Traders Magazine and the Financial Times and various trade publications like Stocks & Commodities, Active Trader and Online Investor. Mr. Yu has a B.A. in Liberal Arts and a minor in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.

When he’s not busy writing, Jea enjoys collecting comic books.

Jeffrey Neal is a freelance writer with over twenty years of retail trading experience. After exiting the Naval Submarine Force, Jeffrey Neal spent fifteen years starting and flipping businesses for profit. In the early 2000s, he began researching algorithmic trading, becoming hooked on the technology. Jeffrey Neal learned to design and code trading bots for personal research purposes. 

He is passionate about researching companies and using that information to refine his algorithmic trading strategy further. His background in flipping businesses and his retail and algorithmic trading knowledge have given him a unique perspective on today's markets. When he is not busy writing, studying the market, or tweaking algorithms, Jeffrey Neal enjoys being a drone pilot, training to get his pilot's license and looking for the next rabbit hole to explore.

Kate Stalter is a Series 65-licensed asset manager, with more than two decades of experience in various areas of financial services. As an investment advisor and financial planner, Kate personally manages client portfolios, with a focus on successful retirement, including asset allocation, income generation and tax strategies. Kate also serves as a capital-markets contributor at Forbes.com, is an expert columnist for the investment advisory channel at U.S. News & World Report.

When she’s not working, she enjoys working out, traveling, learning about wine, and caring for her four cats. She used to play bagpipes in a Scottish pipe band when she was in junior high and once owned a little farm in Santa Fe with donkeys, goats, alpacas and pig

While working in college admission, Melissa Brock pursued a freelance writing and editing career. She currently works as a freelance writer and financial editor covering higher education, investing, personal finance, mortgages, college savings, insurance, and more. The most inspiring part of her job is being creative when writing. She can’t resist reading creative investing content!

She developed her website, College Money Tips, to help families navigate the college journey. She connects with a wide-reaching audience through her site, an upcoming digital course, and the myriad of publications for which she writes. Melissa graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts in communication studies with minors in psychology and Spanish from Central College. She's a longtime member of the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC).

When she’s not busy writing, she enjoys traveling and reading. She once spent a semester in London while in college and wrote for a magazine that sent her on an assignment to review theatre shows, plays, museum exhibits, etc. She claims this to be the best experience ever!

Pat is a classical swing trader who loves the momentum of growth stocks, although he's known to dabble in any corner of the market where he can find an edge. He's been sharing his ideas about markets through writing for over six years on topics like trading catalysts, event-driven trading, technical analysis, and options trading. He currently lives in Charleston, SC.

Ryan is a former senior trader at a top proprietary trading firm in New York. He first began his trading journey in 2016 after landing a job as a junior equity trader at SMB Capital.

Ryan is best described as an intraday trader, however he'll also swing trade when there's a larger story/catalyst at play. He specializes in price action, momentum trading, with a key emphasis on risk management and technical analysis.

Ryan currently resides in Miami and trades for himself full-time. When he's not trading or writing, Ryan can be found traveling and exploring new places with his wife.

After graduating with a degree in finance, Sam worked for a trading technology company as an analyst before joining a prop firm. Here he traded energy, commodity and index futures while utilizing a combination of technical and fundamental analysis. Today he manages his own stock and option portfolio which is made up of longer-term positions and shorter-term momentum plays. 

He lives in Chicago and enjoys rowing, exploring new cities and hanging out with his wife.

Sarah Horvath is an accomplished financial writer focused on the topics of investing, insurance, and mortgage options. You can find her work on major finance outlets, including Forbes, Benzinga, and through companies like Nationwide and Vanguard. She prides herself on making complicated financial topics easier to understand. When not writing, she spends her time with her fiancé and beloved parrot.

Thomas got his start with the markets while working as a Chef. In 2005 a chance invitation to attend the seminar “How To Buy And Sell Your Own Stocks” altered his worldview. Soon trading and stocks consumed his every waking moment to the point of excluding all else. Thomas now enjoys a much different lifestyle engaged in his true passion, uncovering great investments.

As a self-claimed army brat, Thomas was born in Texas and lived on or near bases until he was 18. His family is from North Carolina and that’s where he calls home. Prior to blogging full-time, he was a chef. When he’s not writing, Thomas enjoys biking, gardening, playing with his kids, cooking and reading.