Matt Howell

Matt Howell

Product Manager, Platform at Sony Online Entertainment

Greater San Diego Area

Current
Past
  • Systems Analyst at University of Phoenix / Apollo Group
  • Systems Analyst at Cybarworks (Sole Proprietorship)
  • I.T. Administrator at Path Communications, Inc.
  • Consultant at Beaumont Properties / Arizona Storage Inns (ASI)
  • Web Application Developer at ProNet, Inc.

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Education
  • Loyola Marymount University, College of Business Administration
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Industry
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Matt Howell’s Summary

12 years of experience delivering projects on time, and within budgetary constraints in the healthcare, education, professional services, and mortgage lending industries.

Matt Howell’s Specialties:

XML, HTML, CSS, networking, security, functional design, program management

Matt Howell’s Experience

  • Product Manager, Platform

    Sony Online Entertainment

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; SNE; Computer Games industry)

    August 2008 — Present (1 year)

  • Senior Technical Product Manager

    Fiserv Lending Solutions, Del Mar DataTrac

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FISV; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2005 — August 2008 (2 years 11 months)

    - Worked directly with vendors in order to design solutions around their specs.

    - Provided third tier support for document imaging products and vendor integrations.

    - Completed functional design of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) integrations with the Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS), Questsoft Mortgage Compliance, GMAC-Residential Funding Corporations Underwriting System, and DSI Docmagic.

    - Created mappings and documentation between the Del Mar Database DataTrac schema and several external vendors' XML schemas.

    - Oversaw vendor acceptance of SOA integrations.

  • Principal Consultant

    Sharp Innovative Technology

    (Computer Software industry)

    October 2003 — January 2008 (4 years 4 months)

    - Documented a requirements management process around Microsoft’s MSF and Extreme Programming.

    - Regularly Conduct Network and Security reviews for Phoenix area small and medium businesses. Follow up reviews with comprehensive plans for securing environments.

    - Continuing to develop print and web branding for local and international businesses

    - Develop and support ASP.NET, and Python / Zope-based Internet Portals

  • Senior Software Developer

    Fiserv, IPS-Sendero

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; FISV; Financial Services industry)

    October 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 1 month)

    - Mentored staff in Open Source Software and .NET development best practices

    - Developed a business plan for migrating from classic ASP and .NET platform to Zope-based CMS (Plone) for three major financial web portals which saved approximately $1 million in costs compared to competing Microsoft products and hosting.

    - Used Sourcefire Snort, OSS Snort, Nagios, Nessus, and Syslog-ng for network auditing

    - Leveraged VMWare GSX Server and Workstation to mitigate development costs.

    - Contributed to the Fiserv Open Source Standards and Guidelines, distributed to 200+ businesses

  • Systems Analyst

    University of Phoenix / Apollo Group

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; APOL; Higher Education industry)

    October 2003 — October 2004 (1 year 1 month)

    - Developed presentation / look and feel mockups for a 3,000 seat web-based document imaging application. Worked with business units to incorporate their needs into designs.

    - Composed technical assessment documents based on customer requests for document imaging system.

    - Developed monitoring architecture and reports in Visual Studio .NET to monitor workflow-driven acceptance process.

    - Mentored other developers on the OSI model and MVC Framework concepts.

    - Provided Network performance analysis for a distributed enterprise imaging and workflow system.

    - Conducted security audits of systems, procedures, and facilities for FERPA compliance

    - Composed Policy and Procedures for department based on internal requirements. Procedures included an IIS web server deployment guide and secure data transfer for Microsoft SQL Server.

  • Systems Analyst

    Cybarworks (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 3 months)

    - Designed internal corporate identity (logos / artwork) and built Jakarta Struts-based web site, available online at Http://www.cybarworks.com .

    - Implemented an on site archive solution for the City of Casa Grande, AZ based on clients requirements and within budgetary constraints.

    - Identified and documented a medical software development company’s need for a secure network intrusion monitoring solution. Implemented a Snort-based three sensor environment tuned to client’s needs to minimize false positives and comply with HIPAA.

    - Developed a network of Intrusion Detection Systems and relevant security policy.

    - Developed and tested a custom Red Hat 8.0 distribution for Toshiba Laptops.

    - Assisted in administered a 300 seat Citrix MetaFrame XP Farm, Win 2000 Network, and Microsoft Exchange 5.5.

  • I.T. Administrator

    Path Communications, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    1999 — November 2001 (2 years)

    - Generated client requirements documentation in UML, ERD, and GANTT charts for internal unit testing and proprietary software (Path Application Manager) customization projects.

    - Managed software build process for all products. Process included build scripts written in Jakarta Ant and Make. Builds also included automated retrieval from Star Team version control and Retroguard obfuscation.

    - Provided training and implementation for Path's PAM product at Carsdirect.com.

    - Developed a standard of requirements for LRN, The Legal Knowledge Company to enhance compatibility and security among Path’s Java application management architecture and LRN’s online hosting environments.

    - Organized versioning and deployments of custom Java Application Server for Pratt & Whitney’s AeroOffer.com. Path team was issued an award for outstanding achievements in quality and service.

    - Administered internal Solaris, Debian, StarTeam, and NT-based services.

  • Consultant

    Beaumont Properties / Arizona Storage Inns (ASI)

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Commercial Real Estate industry)

    January 1997 — January 2001 (4 years 1 month)

    - Constructed requirements documents for functionality, and mockups for a web-based marketing campaign for Arizona Storage Inns and BPI Capital.

    - Worked within budgetary constraints to build web presence based on corporate identity.

    - Administered and maintained distributed Novell / NT 4.0 Domain services.

  • Web Application Developer

    ProNet, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    October 1995 — August 1997 (1 year 11 months)

    - Met with clients to identify web marketing requirements. Constructed mockups and presented them to clients: Scottsdale Flyers, Gilbert Ortega Jewelry, and Executive Flight Services.

    - Deployed data network and supporting servers to a distributed Phoenix-based company.

    - Administered internal Windows NT, Red Hat Linux, and Solaris servers.

Matt Howell’s Education

  • Loyola Marymount University, College of Business Administration

    CIS, Business Law 1998 — 2002

    Activities and Societies:
    Management Information Systems Student Association (MISSA)

Additional Information

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Matt Howell’s Interests:

Sailboat Racing, Backpacking, Mountain Biking, Photography, Open Source Software contributions

Matt Howell’s Groups:

US Sailing
Arizona Zope / Plone User Group
Arizona Yacht Club

  •    Executive Suite
  •    Pragmatic Marketing Alumni
  •    AIIM ECM (Enterprise Content Management) Network
  •    Microsoft Business Intelligence
  •    MISMO
  •    Confluence Users
  •    Loyola Marymount University Alumni
  •    Fiserv, Inc
  •    LMU Alumni
  •    SONY
  •    Loyola Marymount LA
  •    Loyola Marymount Alumni
  •    Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles
  •    Mac Business Users
  •    LMU Lions Biz Network

Matt Howell’s Honors:

Eagle Scout
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) - MS Windows Server 2000, MS Windows Server 2003, MS Windows Server 2003 Networking, and SQL Server 2000
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
Pragmatic Marketing Certification (PMC) - Completed Practical Product Management & Requirements That Work

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