Agile practitioner, user interface craftsman, and all around nice guy
Greater Milwaukee Area
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- Solver of Problems and Head Janitor at Centare Group
- Principal at Nerddogs, Inc.
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- Senior Software Project Engineer at Rockwell Automation
- Principal Architect at Assurant Health
- CTO at Echelon 4 Corporation
- Consultant at Centare Group Ltd.
- Consultant at Born Information Services
- Systems Analyst at Shoreland
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Matt Bumgardner’s Summary
I have worked in software development industry for over 11 years. From enterprise software to boxed consumer software, I have seen many different domains.
If I would draw a Venn Diagram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venn_diagram) that describes the passions of Matt Bumgardner (with myself in the center), it would consist of 3 circles: user experience, agile methodology, and technical ability.
I believe very few companies have a user-centric design mindset in terms of their software development practice. This gap between people who select or write the software and those who actually use it almost always underwhelms stakeholders. The good news is that this situation offers unlimited opportunity to improve – and I can help with that.
Please contact me or visit my company's website for more information: http://www.centare.com
Matt Bumgardner’s Specialties:
All things web development and some other things that are not. I've touched the following technologies to varying degrees: .Net, Java, Ruby (and Rails), Javascript, PHP, Python, and Flash.
I also have extensive experience working on Agile software projects. I may be a certified Scrum Master, but I am not a paper tiger. I have real-world experience doing Agile successfully..
Matt Bumgardner’s Experience
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Solver of Problems and Head Janitor
Centare Group
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
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Principal
Nerddogs, Inc.
(Computer Software industry)
February 2003 — Present (6 years 10 months)
I consider myself technology agnostic and a software development generalist. In other words my focus is on creating an end product that benefits the user, not the technology used. During previous engagements, I've worked with .Net, Java, Ruby, Flash, Python, Objective C(Cocoa) and even Pascal.
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Senior Software Project Engineer
Rockwell Automation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ROK; Industrial Automation industry)
June 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 3 months)
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Principal Architect
Assurant Health
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AIZ; Insurance industry)
January 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 6 months)
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CTO
Echelon 4 Corporation
(Computer Software industry)
June 2005 — December 2005 (7 months)
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Consultant
Centare Group Ltd.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2000 — January 2005 (4 years 5 months)
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Consultant
Born Information Services
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 2 months)
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Systems Analyst
Shoreland
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 3 months)
Matt Bumgardner’s Contact Settings
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