Matt Flores is a Software Architect at X by 2. Over the past 10 years, he has played key roles in architecture, software development and project management on several major systems implementations in the insurance industry. Flores has a particular experiential focus on the long-term implications of short-term technology planning in organizations, and the impact such an approach has on software and application functionality and sustainability. He holds a BS in computer science and astrophysics from the University of Michigan.