Matt Vegas

Current

Senior Web Developer at Atkins Nutritionals

Past

Webmaster at CollegeInvest
Principal Consultant at MattVegas.com
E-Business Administrator at Village Homes

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Information Technology and Services

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Matt Vegas’s Summary

Proven enterprise application developer with over ten years of experience developing scalable, high-performance web applications. Proficient with n-tier application design, system, architecture, development, security, testing, and maintenance. Skilled in a variety of software languages, tools, and methodologies, with a special expertise in Microsoft .NET technologies.

TECHNOLOGIES/LANGUAGES
- OO C# & VB.NET
- ASP.NET
- .NET Framework
- ADO/ADO.NET
- Web Services/SOAP
- HTML/XHTML/DHTML
- CSS
- XML/XSLT
- JavaScript
- SQL/T-SQL
- ActionScript
- AJAX

APPLICATIONS
- IIS
- SQL Server
- SourceSafe
- Visual Studio
- Word/Excel/PPT/Visio
- SiteFinity CMS
- Flash
- Fireworks
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Dreamweaver
- WebTrends
- GoogleAnalytics

MISCELLANEOUS
- Accessibility/Section 508/WCAG
- OOA/OOD
- SCRUM
- SOA
- WPF
- WCF

Matt has also worked in a variety of industries including numerous small businesses and some Fortune 100/500 companies. Clients include Microsoft, Adobe, Mitsubishi, Verizon, Remax, Jefferson County Schools, GAIAM, and The State of Colorado.

Matt Vegas’s Specialties:

Web application security, search engine optimization, UI design, site performance optimization, web development project management, and highly visible enterprise application development

Matt Vegas’s Experience

Senior Web Developer

Atkins Nutritionals

(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

• C# Web/Application Development and Maintenance
• Manages Full Web Development Life-Cycle
(Design Implementation, Security, Testing, Development, Application Implementation, and Site Maintenance)
• Web Application Architecture
• Website Performance Optimization
• Application & Infrastructure Security
• IT/Web-specific Business Process Implementation
• Third-party Application Customization
• Collaborates with Marketing and Director of Online
• IT/Web-specific SEO/SEM Development
Webmaster

CollegeInvest

(Government Agency; Financial Services industry)

July 2006 — June 2009 (3 years )

• Serve as primary technical resource for web application design and development in C#, ASP.NET, and SQL Server
• Actively participate in all phases of the development life-cycle
• Analyze and convert business and system requirements into detailed system design and technical specifications
• Design and write web applications and assist with completion of documentation, design, development, selection, integration, and maintenance of applications. Requires considerable use of conceptual, communication, and programming skills
• Help establish and achieve department objectives to automate tasks and applications; provide expertise regarding the integration of applications and internet sites across the organization
• Lead evaluation and selection of web-related hardware and software products and services
• Debug and troubleshoot existing program code and correct errors as required
• Mentor team members on advanced web programming topics
Principal Consultant

MattVegas.com

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1998 — May 2009 (10 years 9 months)

Web Design and Development
Graphic Design
Brand Development
Web Traffic Growth (SEO & SEM)
UI Design
Database Development
Strategic Consulting
Web Strategy Development
Managed and hired several freelancers (designers, developers, and copywriters)
Extensive experience working with and collaborating with broad range of clients, from graphic designers, to C-level executives, business owners, and technical staff
Full-service E-Commerce Development
Custom Content Management System Development
E-Business Administrator

Village Homes

(Privately Held; Real Estate industry)

February 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 10 months)

• Ensure the accurate and timely implementation of all in-house web projects
• Met with and collaborated with Director of E-Business to organize, prioritize, and delegate project assignments to E-Business team members
• Served as primary technical resource for web application design and development in C#, ASP.NET, and SQL Server
• Led, designed, and developed Village Homes’ corporate Intranet site and content management system; responsible for each phase of development life-cycle, including site architecture, design, development, programming, testing, site maintenance, and end-user training
• Wrote several batch scripts to query SQL data and generate XML database files for data-driven Flash application
• Project planning, requirements gathering, and design of numerous Web forms
• Helped establish and achieve department objectives to automate tasks and applications; provide expertise regarding the integration of applications and internet sites across the organization