Matt Gordon

Security & Infrastructure Leadership Search | Team Buildouts | PE

Chicago, Illinois, United States

About

I partner with private equity firms and their portfolio companies during moments of urgency and transition to de-risk Security & Infrastructure hiring. • Critical leadership & management hires from CISO through VP, Director, and Manager-level operators • Full security and infrastructure team buildouts under compressed timelines • Unlocking access to embedded, high-caliber talent not visible to the broader market in previously stuck or delayed searches • Navigating hires to ease post-acquisition integration, regulatory scrutiny, and breach recovery Intaso brings over 30 years of combined experience connecting technical security talent with innovative companies resulting in more than 250 Security & Infrastructure hires.

Experience

  • Principal Consultant - Security & Infrastructure | Private Equity | Transformation at Intaso
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    I partner with Private Equity Firms & their PortCos to build transformational Security & Infrastructure teams. 🔵 CISO and Sr. Security Leadership placements +full security team buildout (permanent & contract) 🔵 Post-acquisition, post-breach, and regulatory escalation 🔵 Pragmatic org design and modernization aligned to growth and exit readiness Intaso brings over 30 years of combined experience connecting technical security talent with innovative companies resulting in more than 250 Security & Infrastructure hires.

  • Summit Search Consultants (1 yr 2 mos)
    • Senior Executive Search Consultant
      Sep 2024 - Feb 2025 · 6 mos

      Led executive search engagements for technology leadership roles within the medical device industry, partnering closely with clients to scale high-impact engineering teams. Successfully placed talent across a range of senior technical positions, including Sr. Firmware Engineer, Director of Software Development, and VP of Engineering, among others.

    • Executive Search Consultant
      Jan 2024 - Sep 2024 · 9 mos

  • Illuma Search Partners (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
    • Senior Associate
      May 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Focused on technology executive search within high-growth B2B and B2C SaaS, as well as IoT startups and digital transformation environments across both the public and private sectors. I specialized in placing senior product and engineering leadership—most often CTOs, CPOs, and VPs of Engineering.

    • Associate
      Oct 2021 - May 2022 · 8 mos

  • Marketing Manager (Affiliate Partnerships) at Bridge Legal
    Jun 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos