Matthew Schneider
Managing Director, U.S. Education, State and Local Government, Google Public Sector
Matthew Schneider’s biggest recent achievement was leading Google Public Sector through a breakthrough year by transforming government operations and citizen services. Under his leadership, the team deployed advanced AI to automate tasks, speed communications and streamline complex project planning across major cities and statewide agencies.
This work included equipping 27,500 City of Los Angeles employees with Gemini and accelerating AI adoption across 59 Maryland state agencies, fundamentally modernizing service delivery. The team is also building public-private partnerships with states like California to prepare the next generation, offering no-cost AI skills training for students from high school through university to support an emerging AI-ready workforce.
Google Public Sector is advancing the administration’s priorities by helping agencies, particularly at the state and local levels, improve operational efficiency. Through its agreement with GSA, the company is providing highly efficient AI platforms, including Gemini, at an industry-setting government price of $0.47 per agency.
The team is helping agencies streamline operations by automating administrative work with AI agents and Google Workspace with Gemini, freeing employees to focus on high-value tasks and improving citizen services. By modernizing legacy data systems, such as helping the Oklahoma Department of Transportation gain critical insights into bridge health, Google Public Sector is strengthening reliability, safety and affordability across essential services.
“Matt’s leadership has been transformative in the growth of our state and local government and education business,” said Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector. “His vision involves seamlessly engaging our industry partners and rapid innovation team to create solutions—whether modernizing bridge infrastructure or designing custom citizen services—ensuring we solve public sector challenges with unparalleled expertise and innovation.”
Why Watch
Google Public Sector is driving a paradigm shift by rapidly pioneering AI solutions that deliver immediate, measurable impact across government. The team is transforming critical infrastructure and improving public well-being through partnerships like its work with New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority to proactively detect track defects with AI and its collaboration with the Cancer AI Alliance to accelerate life-saving discoveries.
This commitment to innovation extends to empowering agencies and educational institutions, including the University of Michigan, to build custom, secure AI agents that transform personalized teaching and learning. Google Public Sector is helping customers scale quickly from pilots to large, cost-effective deployments that redefine government and educational services.
“State and local governments, and education institutions have decisively entered the era of AI,” he said. “We’ve moved beyond traditional cloud modernization to a future powered by agentic AI that can help agencies tackle complex public sector challenges. Our mission in 2026 is to scale our services to redefine government efficiency and citizen service delivery.”
Fun fact: Schneider is a dad of three, an Ironman triathlete and a hockey coach. He applies that same focus and endurance to his personal and professional life, taking on the public sector’s complex challenges and collaborating closely with customers and teams to support the fast pace of innovation at Google Public Sector.
