Summary
Matthew Poplawski is a strategic people and AI adoption leader with nine years of experience building recruitment engines, training programs, and governance for complex organizations. Currently at Harvard, he’s leading the university’s first coordinated GenAI adoption strategy—designing modular training, a reusable Staff AI Toolkit, and executive briefings while ensuring policy-aligned pilots across IT, HR, and risk. He has a strong track record of transforming hiring operations, from implementing enterprise ATS platforms to running continuous recruitment pilots that measurably improve time-to-fill and candidate quality. Matthew blends hands-on program delivery with stakeholder-facing leadership, having managed sensitive Dean’s Office initiatives and staffed high-profile executive searches. An MBA from Bentley complements his practical focus on operationalizing AI and people solutions that scale across diverse administrative and academic teams.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Duxbury Public Schools
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Management, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Management at Bentley University
Bachelor of Science Managerial Economics, Bachelor of Science Managerial Economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst
General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level British Politics Mathematics Business French Polish, General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level British Politics Mathematics Business French Polish at British International School of Krakow (BISC)
English, Polish, French