Straight served since 2015 as Executive Director and Financial Solutions Architect for Burwood Group, Inc., a Chicago-based national consulting firm and systems integrator specializing in architecting technology solutions that impact end-user experience and business outcomes. Straight helped establish and grow Burwood’s financial services practice, a critical area of expertise for the firm.

From 2008 to 2014, Straight was Senior Director of IT Infrastructure for futures brokerage and clearing firm R.J. O’Brien & Associates. He has also served as Vice President / IT Manager for ITG Derivatives, LLC and as Vice President of Operations for Hyperfeed Technologies. Straight began his career as a Service Support Engineer and a Software Support Engineer at Tallgrass Systems Ltd. and QMS, Inc., respectively.

RCG Chairman and CEO Scott Gordon said: “Matt has a terrific command of the technologies and challenges driving our business as well as a clear vision of how to take us to the next level in our technology offering. Viewing information technology as a perishable commodity, he wants us to continually evolve our IT practice to foster innovation, deliver consistently across disciplines and achieve optimal performance throughout the business.”

Straight said: “I’m truly passionate about leading the critical technology function at RCG, a firm which has made service a high priority for decades. Our goal is to ensure that RCG creates and maintains an excellence-in-service atmosphere not only for our clients and brokers but also for our staff. This is an opportunity to look at the challenges we face through a different lens, bringing together the experience I have in futures and derivatives and applying what I have since learned about some of the best IT business practices across other industries.”

A resident of the Chicago area, Straight is active in several athletic programs benefiting children.