Software Entrepreneur
Indianapolis, Indiana Area
- Current
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- President, Technology at Dialawg, LLC
- Software Architect at ProTrans International
- Owner at Something Future, Inc.
- Past
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- President, Products at Open Bracket, LLC
- Software Developer at TALX/Pan
- Software Developer at Zotec Partners
- Software Developer at Open Solutions/re:Member Data Services, Inc.
- Education
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- Indiana University Bloomington
- University of Evansville
- Harlaxton College
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Colin Mathews’s Summary
Software architect with substantial experience in designing, developing, and managing software products, with particular expertise in applications built for the web. Well-rounded engineer with moderate graphics design abilities, excellent writing and communication skills, and strong business sense. I believe that software development is a craft and that the key to producing great software is simplicity from conception to production.
Creator of open source project, YUI.NET:
http://opensource.openbracketllc.com/yuinet
Colin Mathews’s Specialties:
Expertise in UI design, JavaScript/AJAX development and the .NET framework.
Software productivity and simplification.
Agile development methodologies.
Moderate graphics design abilities.
Strong database background and experience architecting complex back-end systems.
Colin Mathews’s Experience
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President, Technology
Dialawg, LLC
(Legal Services industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Responsible for all technical aspects of producing, maintaining, and designing www.dialawg.com, which is tasked with simplifying and securing legal communication.
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Software Architect
ProTrans International
(Computer Software industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
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Owner
Something Future, Inc.
(Computer Software industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Independent software consulting services.
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President, Products
Open Bracket, LLC
(Computer Software industry)
October 2006 — November 2009 (3 years 2 months)
General business operations, advertising/marketing, branding, blogging, partnership negotiations, and of course, software development. Development responsibilities cover all aspects of software including UI design, JavaScript frameworks, .NET web control suites, service wrappers for complex SOAP/REST APIs, research, software testing, deployment automation and studying the psychology of the user experience.
Specific integrations include Amazon S3, Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon Simple Queue Service, Amazon EC2, Google Maps geocoding, Google Maps JavaScript API, PayPal, Second Life location mapping, Clickatell text-messaging, TxtSignal text-messaging, Yahoo User Interface Libraries, Magic Ajax .NET, RSS/KML generation
Specific technologies used include ASP.NET 2.0, YUI, SQL Server, JavaScript/CSS/HTML, .NET WinForms, XML, Photoshop -
Software Developer
TALX/Pan
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Software engineer for the research and development team, key player in designing and implementing the product suites that function as the future platforms for the company. Specific responsibilities include designing the product UI, implementing an XML-based markup language and its corresponding user interface for easily importing/exporting/updating product data, managing a service-oriented architecture (using .NET 3.0 WCF) with distributed transaction support, globalization, automatic marshaling of contextual data across service boundaries, and providing code reviews, support, and guidance for other developers.
Specific technologies used include ASP.NET 2.0, YUI, SQL Server, JavaScript/CSS/HTML, .NET WinForms, XML, Photoshop, Windows Communication Foundation -
Software Developer
Zotec Partners
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
November 2004 — July 2006 (1 year 9 months)
Single developer in charge of web platform to expand the company product. Managed and developed web service integration between platform and VB6 legacy application, designed company time clock application for hourly workers, and touch-screen application for collecting patient information. Designed platform for manipulating highly complex data and producing vital reports for company operations.
Specific technologies used include ASP.NET 1.1/2.0, SQL Server, JavaScript/CSS/HTML, .NET WinForms, XML, SQL Server Reporting Services -
Software Developer
Open Solutions/re:Member Data Services, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; OPEN; Computer Software industry)
June 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 6 months)
Developer on four-person team designing a product for delivering bank statements and check images online. Major product requirements included maintaining a high level of security, dynamic PDF generation, and large-scale image manipulations.
Specific technologies used include ASP.NET 1.1, SQL Server, JavaScript/CSS/HTML, .NET WinForms, XML, SQL Server Reporting Services
Colin Mathews’s Education
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Indiana University Bloomington
BS , Computer Science , 2001 — 2003
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University of Evansville
BS , Computer Science , 1999 — 2001
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Harlaxton College
BS , Computer Science , 2000 — 2000
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