Matthew Bush: Co-founder and CEO of Hirebotics

Matthew Bush is the co-founder and chief executive of Hirebotics, which makes welding, plasma cutting, and painting cobots programmed from a phone app.

RoleCo-founder and CEO
CompanyHirebotics
Company based inNashville, Tennessee

Who Matthew Bush is

Bush co-founded Hirebotics with Rob Goldiez in 2015 and became CEO on February 20, 2026, when Goldiez retired. He had been chief operating officer, overseeing electro-mechanical product development, manufacturing, and customer success.1,2

The two founders started the company around the question of whether robots could be hired like people.3

Before Hirebotics

Bush held senior roles at several IDEX Corporation companies and The Scott Fetzer Company, including Master Black Belt, director of operations, and director of global engineered solutions.1

He earned an MBA from the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business and a master's degree in industrial technology from the University of Northern Iowa.1

Skilled welders are in short supply, the cobot market continues to see rapid growth, and fabrication shops of every size need tools that help them do more with the talented people they do have.Matthew Bush, Hirebotics announcement

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