Experienced Technical Project Manager, Programmer & Web Developer
Ireland
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- Senior Web Developer, Designer (Rails, Flex) at Exoftware
- Senior Rails Developer at Ticketsolve
- Technical Director at Hiddenloop Ltd.
- Past
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- Education
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- Queen's University Belfast
- Queen's University Belfast
- Oklahoma City University
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Matthew Hutchinson’s Summary
Technical Project Manager and Web Developer, I have a passion for coding and problem solving and enjoy everything I do in my daily job.
After working as a web developer for a number of successful firms, I eventually founded Hiddenloop Ltd. (2006) - allowing me to work with a wide range of clients on small and large scale projects. With Hiddenloop, I aim to provide quality, accessible websites and web applications, that are both easy to use and maintain. While I am not qualified designer, I take pride in building aesthetically pleasing sites to the best of my ability, and using minimal code and markup.
As a technical project manager - I have proven experience in overseeing the technical aspect of small and large scale projects (usually teams of 5 developers or less), from conception through to final delivery and on-going maintenance. I apply agile methods and adopt the principles of 'Getting Real' (37 Signals) - promoting simple, un-bloated software and processes.
As a developer I am always looking for new challenges, diving into unfamiliar code to solve problems or building applications from the ground up in a new language.
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work" - Steve Jobs
Matthew Hutchinson’s Specialties:
Ruby, PHP, ASP, Flex, Actionscript, HTML/CSS, javascript, API development, SOAP, Mircoformats, MySQL. I have knowledge of the following servers and platforms; Unix/Linux, (debian, unbuntu, centos) Windows, J2EE (Orion) Server, Tomcat, Apache, IIS, MSSQL Server
Matthew Hutchinson’s Experience
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Senior Web Developer, Designer (Rails, Flex)
Exoftware
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Ticketsolve is an online ticketing product from Exoftware Agile Solutions. It is rapidly changing the online ticketing marketplace in both Ireland and the UK. (http://ticketsolve.com/)
As lead developer, I am involved in driving the technical aspects of the project forward, responding to clients needs and developing out the core product. I work in a small team of experienced and dedicated developers as back-end programmer and web designer. Ticketsolve currently caters to box-offices in both small and large scale venues, festivals etc. in the UK and Ireland
I apply agile principles, which are part of Exoftware's core business. Exoftware is a leader of the XP community in Europe and active members of the Agile Alliance. (http://www.exoftware.com/about) -
Senior Rails Developer
Ticketsolve
(Internet industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
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Technical Director
Hiddenloop Ltd.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
After starting Hiddenloop in January 2006, I have worked on a wide range of projects - from portfolio sites, intranet applications (with BT), online communities and ecommerce sites. Through Hiddenloop I also work full-time as a contracting Technical Project Manager with the BBC (see below)
Working for myself I have been able to establish new contacts, turn a healthy profit and evolve a steady stream of on-going work. I have also had the freedom to choose web technologies and tools that I believe, best suit the customers needs. I take pride in the work I do and enjoy the challenge each new project brings.
http://beyondendurance.ie
http://www.taaireland.com/
http://framemedia.co.uk (ITA award)
http://dev.myskribe.com
http://www.davidjamesongroup.com
http://hiddenloop.com (in development)
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Technical Project Manager
BBC
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
January 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 6 months)
BBC JAM is an on-line SCORM Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), offering 50% of the UK curriculum for 5-16yrs
I provide technical guidance to external and internal development teams working on JAM commissions (a subject & age range)
I have encouraged teams to take an agile approach to software development and (at many times) stepped in as a developer to debug and fix critical issues
Working on (up to) 7 (multi-language) commissions at once, from conception through to final acceptance; I act as senior technical advisor on the BBC Jam platform, the content developers kit, 3rd party VLE's and the BBC JAM Packed player.
The project offers some unique challenges in localising content into four languages (Welsh, Irish, English and Scots Gaelic), meeting BBC accessibility requirements in Flash and working with the BBC JAM VLE platform (and SCORM)
http://jam.bbc.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/jam/pots/ (JAM Pot Player)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/jam/trial/ar/ (Augmented Reality Trial) -
Lead Developer
Noumenaut
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2002 — April 2007 (4 years 11 months)
Noumenaut is a US based company in the process of developing ‘Skribe’ - a professional publishing and social website. Originally an open source project, a small/select group of developers now work together in their spare time to bring this project to life.
I am lead developer/designer, involved in building the project (and the associated support/company sites) using a combination of AJAX, Flash and Ruby on Rails. Skribe allows me to experiment with new technologies and different approaches to developing/hosting and scaling web applications.
The project is ongoing and is due to launch later this year. For more information;
http://www.matthewhutchinson.net/articles/2005/11/17/what-is-skribe
http://www.matthewhutchinson.net/articles/category/skribe
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PHP Developer
TIBUS
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2005 — December 2005 (4 months)
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Flash Developer / PHP Developer
FRONT
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 1 month)
Featured in the top 90 web studios in the world (Taschen) -FRONT specialise in the development of complex, interactive and visually appealing websites. I was the company’s sole Actionscript developer for 2yrs, using OOP to create Rich Internet Applications. I developed a core library of AS2 classes, used in creating dynamic Flash websites.
I pioneered the development of the company’s first modular, XML based CMS; ‘Crossfire’. As technical lead, I worked on the requirements, database design (MySQL) and coded the actual application (PHP)
Crossfire is a PHP/MySQL based CMS, delivering content to a variety of web-enabled clients in xHTML or XML. The CMS is modular and allows the development of plugins for e-commerce, online shop management, forums etc.
Clients included; Coca-Cola, Patton, Lagan Group, PaperJam, Belfast Institute, The Belfast Festival, Queens Film Theatre, DCU
http://www.designbyfront.com/
http://flash.designbyfront.com/
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Telecommunications Software Engineer
Aepona
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
2000 — January 2002 (2 years)
As a software test engineer I worked on the AXE10 Mobile Exchange with Ericsson Mobile. This involved designing test case scripts for PLEX C code blocks on the exchange - executed on the APZ emulator tool.
I also designed, built and maintained the SSF-AM intranet team website site. My role extended to software quality liaison for the team, working to Aepona's own and & Ericsson's strict coding standards. At Aepona it was nessecary to work to tight time scales, comply with Ericsson's documenting process.
Matthew Hutchinson’s Education
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Queen's University Belfast
MSc , Telecommunications , 2002 — 2003
MSc Dissertation - ‘Study of Denial of Service’ - read the full report - http://www.matthewhutchinson.net/articles/2006/12/27/denial-of-service-attacks
- Activities and Societies:
- Basketball Team
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Queen's University Belfast
BEng. , Electrical & Electronic Engineering , 1996 — 2000
IEEE. Award for ‘Best Final Year Project’ with ‘The Great Duck Race’ JAVA applet (http://www.ijug.org/member/articles/ducks/html)
Short-listed for the Royal Academy of Engineering Leadership Award (scholarship at MIT Boston)- Activities and Societies:
- Varsity Basketball team, division 1 and 2; Summer League Basketball Official
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Oklahoma City University
BEI Scheme , Business and Economics , 1998 — 1999
Certificate in ‘American Business Practice’ awarded from Queen’s University Belfast (BEI Scheme, T&EA)
Additional Information
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Matthew Hutchinson’s Interests:
Basketball, Internet Technologies, Travelling, Day of Defeat Source, 'Getting Real' (37 Signals)
Matthew Hutchinson’s Groups:
IEEE. Professional Member
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Official RailsConf Group
Matthew Hutchinson’s Honors:
Internet Tiny Award (ITA) - Featured site - http://framemedia.co.uk/
Taschen - Web Design Icons - Featured site - http://www.paperjamdesign.com/
IEE Award - ‘Best Final Year Project’ - ‘The Great Duck Race’ JAVA applet - http://www.ijug.org/member/articles/ducks/html
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