Matt Ronning is a native of Seattle, Washington. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Information Systems from Central Washington University and his Master of Business Administration with concentration in Information Systems Management from Washington State University. From there he went on to work as a staff accountant and then information systems auditor for an international CPA firm. After spending nearly 100% of his time traveling for the firm, he left the firm and joined the Washington State Auditor's office and was stationed in Pullman, Washington. There he served as an auditor on numerous municipal corporation engagements and as an auditor on the contracts and grants audits and internal control reviews for Washington State University located in Pullman, Washington. Eventually, he joined the Sponsored Projects Finance Office at Washington State University as the Grant and Contract Coordinator responsible for proposal budget review and negotiation, and post award pre-account review. He moved to the WSU Office of Grant and Research Development where he was promoted to Assistant Director of the Washington State University pre-award grants and contracts office. Matt moved to Mississippi State University with his wife, a faculty member in food science, in early 1995. He became the Director of Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance Administration at Mississippi State University in 1996. In late 2000 Matt moved to North Carolina State University where he assumed the position of Associate Vice Chancellor of Research Administration and Director of Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance Services. Matt has given numerous talks on research administration, supervision and value-added management. He has served as moderator and lecturer for several NCURA, NCUBO and SRA programs. His current seminar thrusts center on regulatory compliance and scientific integrity education and he has traveled the United States and Former Soviet Union states conducting seminars on these topics.