Matt Kunkel, CEO and Co-Founder of LogicGate

Matt Kunkel is the CEO and co-founder of Chicago-based company LogicGate. He has over 17 years of experience in process automation and risk mitigation.

Kunkel co-founded LogicGate with company Chief Product Officer Jon Siegler and Chief Technology Officer Dan Campbell to create easy-to-use commercial off-the-shelf software to allow customers to automate risk management tasks. He and his co-founders were able to create a common solution that supports risk and compliance needs. Kunkel used his expertise in the consulting industry to create LogicGate’s custom business applications alongside his co-founders. The CEO is also a recognized leader in governance, risk and compliance and information rights management, according to his LinkedIn profile.

He was a director at Guidehouse-owned Navigant Consulting from 2011 to 2015. He met Siegler at Navigant and started the concept of LogicGate there. Kunkel also had a six-year career with FTI Consulting prior to joining Navigant. He was a consultant at FTI from 2005 to 2010 and the director of financial enterprise data analytics from 2010 to 2011.

The LogicGate CEO is a contributing member of the Forbes Technology Council.

He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from DePaul University Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in finance and economic consulting from Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

LogicGate supports businesses and organizations in the GRC and risk management space. The LogicGate Risk Cloud offering provides management services for enterprise risk, information technology risk, compliance, data privacy and other sectors.