Adjunct Assistant Professor
Managing Director,Workday Government
Education
Master of Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Arts (Dual) in English Literature and Dramatic Arts, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Matthew T. Cornelius is the Managing Director at Workday Government, where he helps lead go to market strategy, communications, and planning for the world’s leading cloud-based HR software company. Prior to joining Workday, he served as a Senior Professional Staff Member for Chairman Gary C. Peters on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), covering a wide array of IT modernization, budget, appropriations, regulatory, and government operations matters. Before the Hill, he was the Executive Director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation (ADI) - a coalition of customer-focused commercial companies helping to shape government IT modernization efforts through effective advocacy and thought leadership. Cornelius also served nearly a decade in the Executive Branch as a Senior Advisor for Technology and Cybersecurity Policy at the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and as the Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity to the Administrator of the General Services Administration.