Matt Boggie is the Executive Director of the R&D Lab at The New York Times. As the lab is tasked with describing the future of media and information distribution, Matt researches and develops points of view on trends in media production and consumption, identifies phenomena worth further study, and shapes the development of new prototypes and applications the lab uses to educate and inspire. He recently oversaw completion of the Listening Table, a piece of furniture that helps document the conversations that occur around it, and the development of Streamtools, an open-source tool for consuming and analyzing live streams of information with a minimal amount of coding. Prior to joining The Times Company, Mr. Boggie was a senior manager with Accenture, working in consumer product design and strategy with clients in the Media and Entertainment industry.