Matt Fries started his classification talk with good news and bad news. The bad news was that he did not have an elaborate talk with PowerPoint, a prop, etc. The good news was that he has pared down his hour long talk to three minutes. Matt Fries told us that he was born in South Western Iowa. His family moved to Fort Collins in 1968. He attended Poudre School District and graduated from Fort Collins High School. Growing up, his family owned and operated a commercial printing company. He worked there for 20 years, eventually buying the business from his family. In 2000 he sold the printing business and later started document storage and shredding company, Smart Document Management, in partnership with Bob McCluskey. His wife Suzanne continues to operate the business...
 

For the past five years, he has worked in the financial services industry and is a partner at High Point Financial Group, LLC in Fort Collins. High Point Financial Group specializes in Investments, Personal and Business Planning and Insurance.

Matt is married to Suzanne and they have three children and two grandchildren, all in Fort Collins. Matt told us that his father was a charter member of the Sertoma Club in Fort Collins and it was a major part of their family’s daily life when he was growing up. Due to his friendship with Bill West, he has joined our Rotary club and hopes it becomes as much a part of his family’s life as Sertoma was when he was growing up. He enjoys spending time with my family, Racquetball, Squash, horseback riding, hunting, fishing and politics. He ended by saying that he is proud to belong to our club.