Matthew Berk, Founder and CEO of Lucky Oyster, has been on the front lines of search technology for the past decade.

Previous to founding Lucky Oyster, he was Executive Vice President of Product Engineering at Marchex, where he oversaw a team of 100+ engineers, with a more recent focus on Research and Development, including new product development, intellectual property, and strategic acquisitions. Berk was previously a founder and CTO of Open List, the first local search engine, which was sold for $13mm in 2006. Prior to this, Berk was a Research Director for Jupiter Research, where he focused on search technology and Web infrastructure.

Mr. Berk holds a master’s degree from The Johns Hopkins University, where he was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Humanistic Studies, and a BA, summa cum laude, from Cornell University.

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