Matt Kaufman

Matthew Douglas Kaufman (born March 7, 1971) is an American executive, engineer and product developer who currently serves as the Chief Safety Officer for Roblox. He previously served as the Vice President of Product and Product Operations at Roblox, and has previously worked at other companies such as Edgio in 2006.

Early life and education Matthew Douglas Kaufman was born in 1971 in San Carlos, California. He attended the University of California, Davis, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1994. Afterwards, he went to Virginia Tech, where he graduated with a Master of Science in 1996. He also worked for Edgio as a founding member for the company's technical team in 2006. He worked for other companies such as There.com and Ooodle.

Roblox Kaufman joined Roblox on September 3, 2017 after an employment letter from Roblox that was dated from August 2017, which gave him the role as the Vice President for Product and Product Operations. This was announced after 35 pending lawsuits against Roblox. After an update for age verification on Roblox released, Kaufman responded by saying that it was a misunderstanding between the AI in terms of checking for the user's age, where it was guessing with major inaccuracy.