Hello
My name is Matt Vasquez. Nice to meet you. I'm a software developer living in Fort Worth, Texas. Most of my days are spent crafting software and leading development teams.
I love what I do.
I'm probably best described as a generalist, and I'm ok with that. I embrace it! It allows me to dip my toe into each layer of an application without being pigeonholed to just the database or front-end. My ultimate goal is to craft awesome software with a balance of form and function. Software that delights. I believe that software is at the intersection of art and science, and that is why I love what I do.
When I'm not typing on a keyboard you can find me on the golf course or outside with my wife and two kids enjoying some beautiful Texas weather.
Building something great? Need some help? Let's get in touch! Feel free to email me and let's build the next rad thing together!
Experience
VP of Product Development, One Network – Healthcare; Dallas, TX 2016 - Present
Our Healthcare division was created to connect the patient to the supply chain and develop an industry leading patient outcome driven supply chain. My responsibilities are development and delivery of a solution that meets our customer’s needs. These responsibilities include technical leadership and mentoring, implementing Scrum and agile best practices, managing a team both co-located and remote (Pune, India), growing revenue, and managing customers (domestic and international).
My responsibilities include…
- Implementing Scrum and agile best practices
- Building a team (Hiring)
- Overseeing the architecture, design, and development of our solution
- Customer account management (domestic and international)
- Software Development (Java, Java Struts, Ext.js, React, Oracle DB)
- UI/UX Design (Sketch, InVision)
Founder, Scrummage, LLC; Fort Worth, TX 2008 - Present
After trying many Scrum management tools to utilize at previous companies, I found that there wasn’t a product on the market that met all of our needs as an agile development team. I began working on Scrummage in 2008 and continue to work on it today with an awesome team. We have served clients such as Harrisburg University, The Verge, SB Nation and booking.com to name a few.
My responsibilities include…
- Running the Business (support, managing customer relationships, vendor relationships, marketing)
- Customer Support
- Hiring
- Architecture
- Software Development (Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Middleman, SASS/SCSS, Backbone.js, MySQL/PostgreSQL)
- UI/UX Design (Sketch, InVision)
Manager of Software Development, OGsys; Fort Worth, TX 2013 - 2016
I was brought onboard to provide technical leadership and mentoring to the development team creating the next generation product for the company. I was tasked with bringing a legacy client-server C/C++ application to the cloud (SaaS) with a modern architecture built for enterprise scale. Responsibilities included user experience and visual design, implementing Scrum and agile best practices, serving as Scrum Master, architect and writing code.
My responsibilities include…
- Scrum Master (CSM)
- Hiring
- Architecture
- Software Development (C#, ASP.NET MVC, SASS/SCSS, Backbone.js, SQL Server)
- UI/UX Design (Sketch, InVision)
Director of Development, Causemetric; Rogers, AR 2011 - 2013
Managed the development of a social giving platform called Pure Charity. Implemented the Scrum methodology and was Scrum Master, hired and managed development team members, wrote code (full stack developer), and guided the architecture of the platform.
My responsibilities include…
- Scrum Master
- Managing a remote team
- Hiring
- Architecture
- Software Development (Ruby, Ruby on Rails, SASS/SCSS, HAML, Backbone.js, PostgresSQL)
- UI/UX Design (Sketch, InVision)
UX Manager, The Active Network; Irving, TX 2010 - 2011
Through acquisition of Fellowship Technologies.
UX Architect, Fellowship Technologies; Irving, TX 2004 - 2010
I joined during the first 6 months of the company as a full stack .Net developer but moved into a user experience role a year or so later. I was also a member of the leadership team. Responsibilities included product design (visual and user experience), managing the UX team, working with engineering teams, font-end development including (HTML/CSS/JavaScript), full stack development.
My responsibilities include…
- UI/UX Design
- Managed UX Team
- Hiring
- Front-end Architecture
- Member of the leadership team
- Employee of The Year, 2007
Consultant, Hitachi Consulting; Dallas, TX 2003 - 2004
Developer, HealthSoft, INC; Dallas, TX 2002 - 2003
Education
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Bachelor of Science, Business Computer Information Systems
Skills, Certifications, Awards
- Product Design (UI/UX - Sketch, InVision)
- Ruby, C#, Java
- Ruby on Rails, Asp.Net MVC, Java Struts
- MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle
- jQuery, Backbone, React, Vue.js
- SASS/SCSS, CSS3, HTML5
- Git
- Agile Methodologies
- Certified Product Owner, 2016 - Present, Scrum Alliance
- Certified Scrum Master, 2013 - Present, Scrum Alliance
- Employee of the Year, 2007 - Fellowship Technologies