Matthew Christian

Current

• Programmer Analyst I at Sentry Insurance

Past

• Information Technology Intern at Sentry Insurance
• Website Developer at University of Wisconsin - Stout
• XNA Consultant and Author at University of Wisconsin-Stout

• Web Designer / Programmer at Virtual Vision Computing Company
• Project Lead at Robot Army Games

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Education

• University of Wisconsin-Stout
• Northcentral Technical College

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Portfolio
• My Website

Matthew Christian’s Summary

Software developer with experience through education in many aspects of computer programming. Focused on creating great products that are viewed as a success on both the developer and consumer ends. Particularly interested in game development, especially the creation of graphics using shader languages and graphical APIs.

Matthew Christian’s Specialties:

Website design, software development, computer programming, computer graphics, game development, game design

Matthew Christian’s Experience

• Programmer Analyst I

  Sentry Insurance

  (Privately Held; Insurance industry)

  May 2009 — Present (3 months)

• Information Technology Intern

  Sentry Insurance

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)

  June 2008 — September 2008 (4 months)

  Designed and created in-house website applications used to automate processes via a web interface. Also create websites used to view report data.

• Website Developer

  University of Wisconsin - Stout

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  October 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 9 months)

• XNA Consultant and Author

  University of Wisconsin-Stout

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  October 2007 — May 2008 (8 months)

  Developed and wrote a series of game development tutorials based on Microsoft's XNA Game Studio. Tutorials were written for high school students interested in game development on the Xbox 360 console. Articles have since been updated to utilize XNA Game Studio 2.0 (Beta) and, more recently, the full release of XNA Game Studio 2.0.

• Web Designer / Programmer

  Virtual Vision Computing Company

  (Computer Software industry)

  February 2006 — January 2008 (2 years)

  Website development including creation of sites and debugging of broken sites.

• Project Lead

  Robot Army Games

  (Computer Games industry)

  June 2007 — October 2007 (5 months)

  Robot Army was a self-created, online game development team. The team's focus was on creating a game that the team as a whole desired to make.

Matthew Christian’s Education

• University of Wisconsin-Stout

  BS , Applied Mathematics and Computer Science: Software Development , 2006 — 2009

  * President of the Stout Underground Comedy Club (2008-2009)
  * Treasurer of the Stout Underground Comedy Club (2008)
  * Co-Investigator in the Interactive Games Development Grant (2007-2008)
  * Recipient of the Eino Maki and H. Edwin Howe Scholarships (2007-2008)
  * Listed on the University of Wisconsin - Stout Chancellor's List (2007-2008)

  Activities and Societies:

  Stout Underground Comedy Club

• Northcentral Technical College

  Associates , Computer Programming , 2004 — 2006

  * Student Governing Board Representative for the Association of Information Technology Professionals (2003-2004)

  Activities and Societies:

  Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), Student Governing Board (SGB)

Additional Information

Matthew Christian’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• My Website

Matthew Christian’s Interests:

Programming, Video Games, Music, Writing

Matthew Christian’s Groups:

•    Unreal Developers
•    XNA Game Studio Developers
•    XNA addicts

Matthew Christian’s Honors:

* Recipient of the Eino Maki and H. Edwin Howe Scholarships (2007)
* Listed on the University of Wisconsin - Stout Chancellor's List (2007)
* Outstanding Graduate Award in Northcentral Technical College's Information Technology - Programmer/ Analyst program (2006)
* Recipient of the Francis and Mary Walters Award of Excellence (2006)
* Association of Information Technology Professionals Student Individual Performance Award (2005-2006)
* Member of the Northcentral Technical College Honor Society (2005)

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