U-M alum Andy Matthews is a competitive innovator who is not afraid of following his passion. He’s not afraid of heights either, and has the pilot’s license to prove it.
After spending nine years as a professional golfer, Matthews co-founded iFlightPlanner, an Ann Arbor-based company that provides aviation weather and cloud-based flight planning resources for private and corporate pilots.
And while the company is based in Ann Arbor, he calls Grand Rapids home.
“I’ve traveled the world and chose to be back in Grand Rapids full-time,” says Matthews. “The energy in Grand Rapids is more consistent. Like Ann Arbor, both entrepreneurship and philanthropy is part of the culture and the people share a collective pursuit in nurturing their community.”
