Matthew Humphrey
Co-Founder and Manager
Matthew Humphrey is an engineer at heart.
With deep expertise in design and formulation, his technical mindset extends into his hobbies, where he has earned national recognition as both a homebrewer and beer judge. Matt would rather design and build something himself than hand off the task, and his home and life reflect that creative drive. After more than a decade of collecting cigars, he turned his focus to pipes and pipe tobacco—applying his knowledge of recipe design and blending from homebrewing to craft his own pipe tobacco blends.
A software veteran with over 20 years of experience, Matt has designed, built, and maintained production systems across healthcare, government, and enterprise environments. He used that same engineering excellence to build www.thepipelab.net and inspired Travis to take the next step in his pipe-making journey. Matt is also the driving force behind www.blendsmith.net, a place where pipe tobacco collectors and makers can track their collections and formulate tobacco recipes.