Matt Linz has spent twenty-five years building relationships across American manufacturing — starting on the commercial side of the packaging sector and, over the years, in and around plants, production floors, and leadership teams well beyond it. A Cincinnati native and graduate of St. Xavier High School, Matt has built his career around asking good questions, listening carefully, and taking a genuine interest in the people and challenges behind the business. His career has taken him through sales leadership, a family-owned manufacturing company, a venture of his own, and industrial automation. Each chapter broadened his view of manufacturing — its businesses, its challenges, and the people responsible for making things happen.
A Connector
Over the course of that career, Matt has built more than a network. He has developed an ability to make connections — between people who should know each other, between a challenge in one industry and an answer found in another, and between a company’s immediate need and the expertise that can help address it.
That is the value he brings to ALTIX and its clients. When a leader describes a challenge, Matt rarely starts with a predetermined answer. He starts by connecting the dots: Who has faced something similar? What worked? What expertise could bring a different perspective? And who should be brought into the conversation?
For Matt, relationships are not the outcome of the work. They are often where the work begins.
Golf, Concerts, and Keeneland
Outside of work, Matt is an avid golfer, a regular at concerts, and, when the season arrives, a familiar face at Keeneland.
Those who know him know that business and friendship have never occupied entirely separate worlds. A conversation may begin on a plant floor and continue over a round of golf years later. Many of the people Matt has met through industry have become friends — and those connections have endured across companies, roles, and careers.
Rooted in Cincinnati, Connected Across Industry
Matt lives in Batavia, Ohio, not far from where he grew up, and remains closely connected to the Cincinnati community. He is a family man with deep local roots and, at the same time, connections across American industry that stretch from the Midwest to both coasts.
That combination — deep roots in one of America’s most important manufacturing regions and a reach that extends far beyond it — is one of the strengths Matt now brings to ALTIX.
Welcome, Matt
ALTIX clients, prospects, and friends will be hearing more from Matt in the months ahead. We hope you will have the opportunity to get to know him — at an upcoming industry event, on a call, over a round of golf, or at the Global Leaders Forum on October 29.
We are pleased to welcome Matt to ALTIX and to have his experience, relationships, and deep understanding of American industry working on behalf of our clients.
Matt can be reached at matt.linz@altixconsulting.com.
