— About Matt
I am passionate about…
My faith and family, finding good pizza, international travel, fine cigars, and leadership development.
The things I love most are…
My wife, my grandkids (my sons are okay too), an ice-cold Coca-Cola and tacos.
My favorite travel locations have been…
Zanzibar, Australia, New Zealand, and The Mediterranean.
Key life highlights...
TEDx Speaker
HGTV House Hunter International alumni,
Been to over 20 Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives,
Cage dove with Great White Sharks off the coast of South Africa,
Snorkeled Great Barrier Reef,
Trekked an active volcano to find endangered Mountain Gorillas in Uganda.
“Competed” in over 20 5Ks, 10Ks, Half-marathons, and triathlons.
Full Bio
Dr. Matthew R. Kutz (Ph.D., AT, CSCS, BCC, FNAP) is married to his best friend and love of his life, Angie. Together they have two sons, two beautiful daughters-in-law, three grandchildren (and counting) and live in Ohio. In addition to his favorite roles as husband, dad, and grandpa, he is currently, a Clinical Professor in the Doctor of Athletic Training Program at Florida International University where he focuses on teaching courses related to entrepreneurial and global leadership. Matt’s teaching and scholarship focuses on leadership development and contextual intelligence.
Matt was a Fulbright Scholar in the Medical Sciences to Rwanda and a Visiting Research Fellow at Gold Coast University Hospital and Adjunct Professor at Griffith University’s Business College in Brisbane, Australia. Matt is a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice and recipient of several honors including Great Lakes Athletic Trainers’ Associations' (GLATA) Outstanding Educator Award and National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award, and other college-level and university faculty awards for outstanding research and scholarship, teaching, service-learning, outstanding alumni, and multiple Who’s Who. He is a TEDx speaker alumni and currently serves as the President of the World Federation of Athletic Training & Therapy.
Matt developed and designed the Contextual Intelligence Profile™ to assess the contextual intelligence behaviors of individuals and organizations. To date, Matt’s training programs and Contextual Intelligence Profile™ have been used by executives, managers, members, and staff at multinational and Fortune 500 companies, universities, professional associations, churches, governmental agencies, and NGO’s in several countries.
Matt earned his athletic training degree (BA, Anderson University) in 1995. He earned exercise physiology and education graduate degrees (M.S. & ME.d., University of Toledo) in 1997; and a Ph.D. in Global Leadership (Lynn University) in 2006. Matt has written dozens of scholarly and professional journal articles and multiple books. His textbooks on leadership and management are used in allied health care education programs around the country. His book on Contextual Intelligence was honored for Innovation and Cutting-Edge Perspective by the University of San Diego’s prestigious Leadership Book Awards and has been translated into Korean.
In addition to providing corporate training and leadership development, Matt stays active as a Certified Athletic Trainer (Licensed in Ohio and Florida), a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and a life coach as a Board Certified Coach (BCC). He has served as an Athletic Trainer for USA Track & Field and as a consultant for the Honduran and Rwandan National Olympic & Sports Committees. Matt leverages his experience with elite athletes to bring practical and real insight into his leadership development programs.
For fun Matt enjoys “competing” recreationally in triathlons, 5K’s and 10K’s. He loves to travel and has trekked an active volcano to find endangered Mountain Gorillas of Uganda, cage dove with Great White Sharks in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa, walked the Great Wall of China, hiked the Georgia leg of the Appalachian Trail, visited Bag End (fictional Hobbit Hole of Bilbo Baggins) in New Zealand, visited the ancient Library of Celsius in Ephesus, Turkey, took a gondola ride with the most beautiful woman in the world on the Grand Canal in Venice, snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef, has eaten at about 20 (and counting) Diner, Drive-ins, & Dives, and appeared on an episode of House Hunters International on HGTV.