Consultant at Improving
Matt transitioned into technology in 2018 after 10 years in sales and customer facing roles. He carried with him the communication and soft skills necessary in consulting. In 2021, he joined the team at Improving, eager to build solutions and support client success. When he logs off, Matt enjoys writing music, cycling, and spending time with his family.
Matt is a consultant with Improving based in Minneapolis, MN. With an emphasis in real-time data and event-driven technologies, he has expertise in analysis, design, development, and testing of enterprise applications. He is a strong communicator with both internal teams and external stakeholders. Collaborative, kind, and committed to growth, he maintains and develops a diverse skill set that helps find elegant solutions to business needs.
Languages: Java, Kotlin, SQL, Cypher QL, XML, Javascript / Typescript, HTML and CSS
Frameworks: Spring, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Batch, REST, SOAP, Git, Hibernate, JPA, JMS, JSF, SLF4J, Jackson, Gradle, Maven, Junit, Mockito, RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka, Angular
Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, Oracle, Elasticsearch, Neo4j
Application Servers: Apache Tomcat, tc Server
Operating Systems: Linux, OSX, Windows
Tools: IntelliJ, Spring Tool Suite, Eclipse, VSCode, Visual Studio, Docker, Openshift, Bamboo, Confluence, Jira, Maven, Gradle, Bash, NPM, Git, Bitbucket, Subversion, GitHub, Splunk, OpsGenie, Grafana, Artifactory, Postman, SoapUI, AWS
Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall, CI/CD, TDD
Testing: JUnit, Mockito, Spock
Data: JSON, XML, YML, Avro
Industries: Financial Services, Insurance, Advertising, Loyalty, Customer Marketing, Communications, Government, Hospitality, Healthcare
• Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka – April 2020
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – July 2020
• ServiceNow Certified Systems Administrator – April 2020