Matt Yazge currently serves as Vice President at Whitman Insights Strategies (WINS), an award-winning research & insights consultancy that builds winning brands, causes, and political leaders. In this role he helps clients uncover and ignite insights to win elections, issues, and market share. He has over a decade of research and entertainment marketing experience helping leaders in global entertainment and partnership marketing with their music, sports, film, gaming, fashion and lifestyle marketing strategies.

Prior to WINS, Matt led Global Research at Luminate, where he oversaw a team of researchers whose efforts span 30+ countries around the globe. Under Matt’s leadership the team explored both broad and nuanced topics like artist fan engagement and consumers’ overall entertainment diets.

Throughout his career, Matt has been recognized for his diversity and inclusion advocacy work, specifically in the LGBTQ+ space, appearing in multiple white papers and publications.