Abe Matamoros

Abe Matamoros (enɑːbɛ born December 16, 1992) is an American entrepreneur and retired soccer player. He is a founder of EllieGrid Inc. and serves as its chief executive officer. Matamoros played soccer for the Houston Dynamo. In 2019, Matamoros was selected to be on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
==Early life==
Matamoros was born on December 16, 1992, in Houston, Texas. He grew up in Mexico City and moved to Houston at the age of 8. He attended Strake Jesuit high school and during his senior year started training with the Houston Dynamo professional MLS team. After graduating high school, he received a scholarship to attend the University of Tulsa where he played for the university's NCAA Division 1 men's soccer team and double majored in finance and economics. While at the University of Tulsa, Matamoros won the following awards: “Most Outstanding Economics Graduate of the class of 2015”, “Scholar Athlete of the Year”, and “Warren Garrison Academic Excellence Award” (for the student athlete with the highest GPA). 
==Career==
===EllieGrid===
Matamoros co-founded EllieGrid Inc. alongside his friends Regina Vatterott and Hieu Nguyen. EllieGrid is a hardware and software solution to medication management. Matamoros came up with the idea behind EllieGrid after seeing his grandfather and friend struggle with medication management. Matamoros has won multiple awards for EllieGrid's design and business model. Awards include: "Forbes 30 under 30 Class of 2019", "1st Place in IBM Health Hackathon", "1st place in Arrow Electronics Flash funding competition", "1st place in the Takeda Health 2.0 Competition", and "Top 5 Healthcare IoT companies" at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
=== Soccer ===
Growing up, Matamoros played soccer with the Houston Dynamo Academy. While at the Dynamo Academy, Matamoros served as the team captain and was selected as the "Player of the Year" in 2011. During his senior year of high school, Matamoros started training with the Houston Dynamo professional MLS team. After graduating high school, Matamoros decided to postpone his professional soccer endeavors in order to stay eligible to play college soccer. As a result, the Houston Dynamo placed Matamoros on the "Protected Player List". Matamoros received a scholarship to play soccer at the University of Tulsa where he started all four years, won two conference championships, and was selected as the "Most Outstanding Offensive Player of The American Athletic Conference Tournament". During his college summers, Matamoros went back to Houston to train with the Houston Dynamo professional MLS team. Abe came up with the idea behind EllieGrid during his senior year of college and chose to pursue an entrepreneurial career instead of a soccer career.
==In the media==
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==External links==
* Abe Matamoros on linkedin
* Abe Matamoros on twitter
* Abe Matamoros on instagram
* Abe Matamoros on facebook
* Abe Matamoros on crunchbase
* Abe Matamoros - Men's Soccer - University of Tulsa Athletics
==References==
Category:1992 births
Category:Entrepreneurs
Category:Soccer players
Category:University of Tulsa
Category:Bachelor's degrees