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Matthew Bertram (also known as Matt Bertram) is a Houston operator who bought EWR Digital outright and runs it as CEO. He is also President of ModalPoint (“Decision Intelligence for Energy”), based in Houston, Texas.
His work centers on a single question: who owns the decision when AI enters an operational loop - and can you prove it after the fact? That question has run through his work since 1999 — ranking, then recommendation, now decision: the 25-year throughline.
He is a 2026 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) panelist, co-host of the Oil & Gas Sales & Marketing podcast on OGGN, a Certified AI Ethicist & Auditor (Oxethica), a member of the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals), a member of the American Petroleum Institute (Houston Chapter), and a Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (2026) graduate. See his Houston community involvement →
Houston digital marketing agency, founded 1999. Matthew bought it outright in 2024 and runs it as CEO.
President of ModalPoint's AI decision governance practice - the discipline behind Digital Information Governance® (DIG, USPTO Reg. 8147558).
Host of The Best SEO Podcast (since 2009, 680+ episodes, 6M+ downloads) and co-host of Oil & Gas Sales & Marketing on OGGN.
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