Matthew Cornell - matthewcornell.org

Current

• Personal Productivity Workflow Consultant (Self-employed)

Past

• Senior Research Software Engineer at University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Systems Engineer, Programmer at NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL

Education

• University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Bradley University
• Bradley University

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Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog

Matthew Cornell - matthewcornell.org’s Summary

I work with scientists and engineers in large organizations who have just been promoted or taken on big new responsibilities, and just can't keep up. These new roles, plus huge expectations and an insane pace, means they're utterly overload with dozens of projects, hundreds of emails, and lots more meetings and interruptions. I help by teaching them an air-tight system that structures everything so they can get to the important work instead of scrambling just to catch up.

Through my research into personal productivity I've integrated the best practices of modern "bottom-up" methodologies that acknowledge the importance of managing your focus, capturing all your commitments, and maintaining the ability to rapidly switch priorities in the face of modern work and life.

Matthew Cornell - matthewcornell.org’s Specialties:

One-on-one desk-side consulting, writing, customized workshops, researching productivity.

Matthew Cornell - matthewcornell.org’s Experience

• Personal Productivity Workflow Consultant

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  July 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)

  I help smart people do more, using less stress and effort, with dramatically increased energy and creativity.

• Senior Research Software Engineer

  University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1999 — January 2007 (8 years )

  Responsible for the design and development of software systems used in the laboratory's research program. Mentoring students and staff in good programming practice, and overseeing other lab programmers and consultants. Guiding programming practice by inventing and/or applying methodologies specific to research software development. Implementing design of flexible architectures to support frequent major code changes. Technical liaison to other research labs, departments, and industrial partners.

• Systems Engineer, Programmer

  NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  1984 — 1989 (5 years )

  Developed real-time telemetry analysis project to assist test, checkout, and in-flight monitoring of Shuttle experiments. Helped program a knowledge-based expert system shell for process control, monitor, and diagnosis of Shuttle systems. Solved booster electrical system problems during processing, test, and launch. Improved launch procedure documentation. Managed application of expert system to other programs via NASA technology transfer SBIR program.

Matthew Cornell - matthewcornell.org’s Education

• University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  M.S. , Computer Science , 1985 — 2000

• Bradley University

  B.S. , Electrical Engineering , 1980 — 1984

  Magna Cum Laude

• Bradley University

  electrical engineering 1980 — 1984

Additional Information

Matthew Cornell - matthewcornell.org’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog

Matthew Cornell - matthewcornell.org’s Interests:

Personal productivity, writing (my blog is at http://www.matthewcornell.org/blog/), reading, mountain biking, parenting.

Matthew Cornell - matthewcornell.org’s Groups:

NASA, Kennedy Space Center, Bradley University, University of Massachusetts

•    University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst Alumni
•    NASA
•    The Alumni of Bradley University
•    Workflow/Business Process Management
•    Five Colleges Alumni
•    Ex-NASA
•    NASA Alumni and Workers Association
•    Artificial Intelligence Researchers, Faculty + Professionals
•    UMass Amherst Dept. of Computer Science
•    Linked Western Mass
•    Information Overload Network

Matthew Cornell - matthewcornell.org’s Honors:

* Employee Suggestion Program award for suggesting money-saving Shuttle processing improvements, NASA/Kennedy Space Center, FL.
* Sustained Superior Performance Award, NASA/Kennedy Space Center, FL.
* Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding contributions, Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA.
* Multiple Merit awards, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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