Matt Comyns

Matt Comyns is currently the Co-Founder and President at Artico Search, Inc. In addition to this role, he serves as a Strategic Advisor at ClearSky, leveraging his expertise in the field.

Matt was the Managing Partner of the Cyber Security Practice at The Caldwell Partners and a member of the Stamford office. His focus is on recruiting chief information security officers and next-level-down top lieutenants in information security for large global corporations and fast-growing private companies, as well as cyber security consultants for leading professional services firms and top executives for cyber security technology companies.

Mr. Comyns previously co-led Russell Reynolds Associates’ Global Cyber Security Practice, within the firm’s Technology Sector. Prior to joining the executive search industry, he served as CEO of Pacific Epoch, a consulting firm that specializes in market intelligence and research for U.S.- based companies seeking to invest in and expand into China—until the completion of the firm’s sale. Prior to that, he was a pioneering executive at the beginning of the Internet in San Francisco.

Mr. Comyns is a strategic advisor for ClearSky, a venture capital/growth equity firm with offices in Florida, New York, Boston and San Francisco. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors for Music National Service, a national nonprofit organization and movement that supports music as a strategy for public good.

Mr. Comyns holds a B.A. in Political Science from Bucknell University and is conversational in Mandarin.