Matt Schnappauf

Advisory Board
Written By Dayton Segard

Senior Advisor

Matt Schnappauf is a U.S. Navy veteran and Head of Government Relations at Nominal, a venture-backed start-up delivering software to accelerate test and evaluation of critical hardware systems. Prior to Nominal, Matt served as a national security consultant at Cornerstone Government Affairs, a bipartisan consulting firm specializing in strategic advocacy and government relations. He is a champion for public policy that supports defense innovation and emerging technologies.

Matt also previously served as the Director of the Navy’s Liaison Office to the U.S. House of Representatives and the Navy’s Deputy Chief of Legislative Affairs. In that role, he developed the Navy’s strategic engagement plan in support of legislative priorities and was a key advisor to the Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations.

Matt holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the U.S. Naval Academy and a master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College. He was the U.S. Navy Hudson Fellow to the University of Oxford during Academic Year 2015-2016.

Dayton Segard

I have been building websites & apps for over a decade and have done everything from providing middle-of-the-night on-call support to managing the development of insurance quoting apps.

Today, I build websites for businesses across a variety of industries and consult on website development, information architecture, and digital marketing strategy.

Regardless of size, my primary focus is helping businesses communicate their brand story—and connect with their audiences on the web—by creating engaging digital experiences.

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