I help founders and CEOs build the lives and companies they actually want.
I'm Matt Prindiville. I’ve spent twenty-plus years as an entrepreneur, founder and CEO — most recently leading CLYNK, a consumer recycling-technology platform serving more than a million customers, through rapid growth and its acquisition by TOMRA.
Now my work has two lanes. ThriveLab, a five-month program where founders and CEOs build the foundation to go further — in business and in life. And I serve on boards and advise companies navigating the territory I've lived — scale, partnerships, regulation, exits.
You built a strong foundation for your company.
Have you built one for yourself?
I know this gap from the inside. By every external measure, my life looked like wild success — the company growing, the work making real impact. Inside, I was overwhelmed, running on empty, and not leading the way I knew I was capable of. My team felt it. So did my family.
Many founders and CEOs I meet are some version of the same thing: outwardly successful, quietly struggling. And here's what took me years to see — it's not a strategy problem. It's a foundation problem. Because pressure amplifies whatever state you're building from.
ThriveLab is what I couldn't find when I needed it most — a five-month working cohort where founders and CEOs build the foundation to go further, as leaders and as people — and become the person their vision requires.
Board service & advisory
I've sat on every side of the table.
As a CEO reporting to a board through rapid growth and a strategic acquisition — scaling CLYNK's revenue to $30M in three years, doubling its store footprint, and leading it through acquisition by TOMRA, the global leader in reverse vending and collection technology.
And as a policy leader and consultant who helped shape the rules the CPG and recycling industries now operate under — advising the United Nations and the World Economic Forum, working with Walmart, Coca-Cola, and Yum! Brands, and spending a decade advancing the extended producer responsibility laws now active in seven states and moving in a dozen more.
I know this regulatory buildout from both sides — as an advocate who helped design the policy, and an operator who built a business inside it.
Through ThriveLab, I also work daily with founders and CEOs on exactly the questions boards increasingly own — CEO performance, succession, and culture.
I'm taking on one to two independent director seats and select advisory work with CEOs and leadership teams — circular economy, packaging, and consumer companies; family-owned and founder-led businesses; PE portfolio companies in environmental services and climate tech. I also take select speaking engagements on leadership and the circular economy.
“In 45+ years in business, I've worked with and been exposed to a number of top-talent executives. In my opinion and experience, Matt Prindiville is in the very top of that class.”
— Bob Schools · Former SVP of Retail Operations, Hannaford Supermarkets · CLYNK Board Member
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“I’ve seen Matt drive breakthrough innovation opportunities, navigate investor dynamics and operational complexities, lead a team through an acquisition, and handle a house fire, a building project, and a college admissions process that would overwhelm most leaders. His ability to set a vision, inspire a team, maintain perspective, keep a sense of humor, and make hard choices is remarkable. What strikes me most isn't just what he gets done — it's how he holds it all.”
— Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder, Tessi · Previously WeSpire (acquired by Bonterra)
“I hired Matt to succeed me as CEO of CLYNK — and in less than three years, he grew the company faster than at any time in its history, positioning it as a dominant force in a volatile, quickly-evolving marketplace. His innovation was only surpassed by his skillful leadership managing and motivating a rapidly expanding workforce.”
— Clayton Kyle, Founder, CLYNK · Executive Chairman