Summary
Matthew Knight is a security-focused engineering leader and RF researcher with a decade of experience, currently serving as Chief Information Security Officer at OpenAI where he leads security, IT, and privacy engineering and research. A San Francisco–based technologist and co-founder of Agitator—one of the finalists in DARPA's Spectrum Collaboration Challenge—he blends practical software engineering with deep expertise in wireless and spectrum security. Trained in engineering sciences at Dartmouth, he pairs academic rigor with startup grit, favoring hands-on problem solving across systems, firmware, and cloud platforms. Known for a pragmatic, research-driven approach, he brings both operational security discipline and a hacker’s curiosity to securing emerging AI and RF-enabled systems.
11 years of coding experience
AB, Engineering Sciences, AB, Engineering Sciences at Dartmouth College
BE, Engineering Sciences, BE, Engineering Sciences at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth