Matt DeNezza
Chief Financial Officer, Crusoe
Speaker Profile
Matthew DeNezza brings decades of financial and strategic leadership to Crusoe, where he plays a key role in financing and building a new paradigm for ESG-forward energy and computing services. Since joining the company, Matt has helped lead more than $1 billion in fundraising across venture, project, and credit capital.
Before Crusoe, Matt served as CFO of Meritage Midstream, a private equity–backed midstream operator in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Prior to that, he was CFO of Eclipse Resources, an early leader in the Utica Shale. He joined Eclipse in 2013, guiding its rapid growth, IPO in 2014, and eventual merger into Montage Resources Corp. in 2018.
Earlier in his career, Matt spent over a decade as an energy-focused investment banker, primarily with Deutsche Bank in New York. From 2002 to 2013, he advised upstream, midstream, and downstream clients—both public and private—on billions of dollars in M&A, equity, and debt transactions.
Matt began his professional journey as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, serving aboard the USS Boise, a fast-attack nuclear submarine, from 1993 to 1998. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business. He lives in Denver, Colorado, with his wife and children.
