Matthew Reyes

Current

Chief Project Manager at Before You Submit
Chief Project Manager & Founder at Exploration Solutions Inc.
Special Projects Director at Preventive IT Group

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Past

Director, Technical Operations at Zero Gravity Corporation
Vice President, Finance at NASA Academy Alumni Association
Associate Scientist at Lockheed Martin Missles & Space

Education

University of Florida
University of Florida

Recommended

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Connections

146 connections

Industry

Program Development

Websites

Matthew Reyes’s Summary

Exploration Solutions Inc. is a consulting firm dedicated to improving the success of research, science, & technical programs through mission planning & documentation, technical advising, and the development of education & public outreach programs. Matthew founded Exploration Solutions as an S-Corp to serve the education, science, and edutainment sectors. Since it’s founding, Exploration Solutions has completed a number of science related activities, including:

• July 2007: Exploration Solutions co-facilitated an expedition to CSA & NASA’s Haughton-Mars Project Research Station in the Canadian Arctic. Matthew filmed & co-hosted a series of webcasts to 14 Challenger Learning Centers with NASAWATCH editor Keith Cowing, & Astronaut Leroy Chiao. The trio inspired hundreds of children by sharing our observations and stories while living & working alongside researchers preparing future missions to the Moon & Mars
• Oct, 2007: Exploration Solutions worked with the Space Sciences Institute as a videographer for a microgravity education documentary about the Northrop Grumman Foundation.
• Dec. 2007: Exploration Solutions developed video, conducted interviews & supported students from Rollins College as they hosted an ecological conservation education campaign to mainland Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands.
• Feb 2008: Exploration Solutions developed a small format, microgravity flight research program for Space Florida sponsored parabolic flights by the ZERO-G Corp. As Technical Manager, Matthew developed the pilot program’s research manual and worked closely with a competitively chosen group of University students to insure a safe and DOT, TSA, & FAA compliant engineering process.
• Nov 2008, Exploration Solutions partnered with Zero Gravity Films for work with National Geographic TV as a creative & technical consultant for a video production of props and acrobatic maneuvers during parabolic microgravity flight.

Matthew Reyes’s Specialties:

Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics Lab Experience, Special Project Management, NASA Contract liaison, Science Education Outreach, Parabolic Flight Research & Engineering Experience, Diving & Underwater Archeology & Videography, General Videography & Photography

Matthew Reyes’s Experience

Chief Project Manager

Before You Submit

(Program Development industry)

2008 — Present (1 year)

Before You Submit (BYS) is an independent-film evaluation and consulting firm that provides a critique service for filmmakers projects prior to submission to the film festival circuit. The BYS review team is a group of professional evaluators: journalists, filmmakers, multimedia academics, and veteran film festival managers, The BYS "3rd Opinion" service provides much needed industry and technical response to filmmakers so they can improve their chances at success and profitability during the exhibition phase of their film projects.

Matthew serves as Chief Project Manager, leveraging his project management experience by developing the internal structure of the company. Additionally, Matthew is currently developing future social media and other web-enabled applications that aims enhance the filmmaker community's relationship with the festival and distribution industry.
Chief Project Manager & Founder

Exploration Solutions Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Market Research industry)

September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Exploration Solutions actively seeks opportunities to improve science awareness and critical thinking by bringing distant science and conservation activities to audiences of all ages.
Special Projects Director

Preventive IT Group

(Computer Networking industry)

January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

Current responsibilities include the development of marketing & promotional materials to expand Preventive IT Group's presence in the small- to medium-sized business market of South Florida.

Additionally, Matthew is responsible for business & internal systems development as the company experiences growth in both customers served & employees.

Additional Information

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Matthew Reyes’s Groups:

Creative COW (Communities of the World)
American Society of Plant Biologists - ASPB
Computational Biology
Film and Television Professionals
MolecularLab (Community of Molecular Biology & Biotech companies, students, researchers)
The Official American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
NASA Academy Alumni Association
Zero-G-nauts
Cooperation Science
North Florida Filmmakers