Still building.
Sixteen years inside the biggest media machines in the country. Then everything I thought was fixed moved. This is what I built out of it.
Matthew Alighieri
Founder, New England Growth Studio · Director of Communications & Digital Systems
Every résumé I've ever written left out the part that actually qualifies me.The part it keeps: sixteen years close to revenue at Apple, Pandora, iHeartMedia, and Townsquare, learning how the biggest media machines in the country run—and where they leak.The part it leaves out: a loss no parent should know, a cross-country move, three years of waiting for a life already promised, and a long stretch where every month was a negotiation. I won't dress it up. Here's what it built. I stay calm when the room isn't. I read people fast and read them kindly. I know urgent from important because I've chosen with real stakes on the table. I finish things, because I know what unfinished costs. And I see around corners — it's sounded far-fetched more than once, right up until it wasn't.Today I lead communications and digital systems for 122 congregations across New Hampshire, bringing AI to people who never asked to become technologists. The rest of the time I run New England Growth Studio, building whole-business systems for the brands that serve serious outdoor customers. Under that roof sits Lakes Region AI, the neighborhood shop for the businesses your town runs on.One operator. One way of thinking. Every size of problem.The edge has a cost. Look around enough corners and you forget to look down at your own two feet. I do that now. Three minutes, most days.Calm is the weapon.If you want a steady operator who ships the unsexy work and has already been through the part where everything moves — let's talk.