
Lead UI Architect at LinkedIn
Greater Denver Area

Lead UI Architect at LinkedIn
Greater Denver Area
Matt Raible is the Lead UI Architect at LinkedIn, the coolest company in the world. He has extensive experience and expertise in open source, both as a user and a developer. Matt has been a speaker at many conferences worldwide, including ApacheCon, JavaZone, No Fluff Just Stuff, and a host of others.
Matt is an author (Spring Live and Pro JSP, Third Edition), and an active Java open-source contributor and blogger on http://raibledesigns.com. He is the founder of AppFuse, a project which allows you to get started quickly with Java frameworks, as well as a committer on the Apache Roller and Apache Struts projects.
Java, Java EE, XML, Spring, Hibernate, Struts, Spring MVC, WebWork, JSF, Tapestry, Ajax, AppFuse, Prototype, Scriptaculous, Ant, Maven, Tomcat, Jetty, Adopting Open Source
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
February 2008 — Present (6 months)
Lead of the LinkedIn UI Frameworks Team operating in Denver, Colorado. We're an internal open source group that's responsible for documenting, developing and supporting web frameworks used at LinkedIn.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2003 — Present (5 years 4 months)
Founder of the AppFuse Open Source project. AppFuse is allows you to get started quickly with Java frameworks, including Maven, Spring, Hibernate, Struts 2, Spring MVC, JSF and Tapestry.
(Non-Profit; Computer Software industry)
August 2002 — Present (6 years)
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
May 1998 — May 2008 (10 years 1 month)
Own and operate my own Java EE Consulting Company. Roles on projects include:
Web Framework Consultant, LinkedIn, Mountain View, CA. July 2007 – May 2008.
Java Open Source Consultant, eInvite.com, West Boylston, MA. February 2007 – May 2007.
Architect and Senior Developer, Xcel Energy, Denver, CO. January 2005 – June 2005.
Security Consultant, Oak Grove Systems, Calabasas, CA. October 2004 – January 2005.
Development Engineer, Open Logic, Inc., Highlands Ranch, CO. June - September 2004.
Architect, Developer and Trainer, Adams County Government, Brighton, CO. November 2003 - June 2004.
Lead Developer, ResortQuest, Lafayette, CO. August - November 2003.
Architect and Lead Developer, Comcast Media Center, Englewood, CO. December 2002 - August 2003.
Architect and Lead Developer, OnPoint Digital, Inc., Savannah, GA. January - December 2002.
UI Developer, Douglas County Government, Castle Rock, CO. May - October 2001.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
July 2007 — February 2008 (8 months)
Performed an in-depth analysis of LinkedIn's proprietary Java web framework and investigated migrating to an open source web framework. Developed prototypes and Struts 2 and Spring MVC. Performed an analysis of Rails vs. Grails and helped develop the widgets on the new Homepage.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 8 months)
Provided Open Source consulting, development and training around the Spring Framework, Hibernate, Web Frameworks, and development practices.
(Computer Software industry)
November 2002 — January 2007 (4 years 3 months)
Spring Live, SourceBeat. Authored constantly updated (dynamic) book on the Spring Framework.
Professional JSP 2.0, Wrox Press. Wrote chapters on Advanced Struts with XDoclet and Web Application Security.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)
April 1999 — April 2001 (2 years 1 month)
Java, Graphics Design, HTML, and JavaScript development for Deployment Services Automation web site.
Software used: iPlanet Application Server, BEA WebLogic, Fireworks, Photoshop, Homesite, Dreamweaver UltraDev, NT Server, Oracle, iPlanet Application Builder, Windows 2000, Microsoft FrontPage, Macromedia Flash, Netscape Directory Server.
(Computer Software industry)
2001 — 2001 (less than a year)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Banking industry)
May 1998 — April 1999 (1 year)
Designed secure Internet area for Board of Director's only access.
Designed web-based application to perform dynamic reporting from accounting database.
Technologies used: VBScript, JavaScript, HTML, HTML Templates, Spider-Man Application
Planned, designed, and coordinated CoBank's Intranet implementation.
Triple Major, Russian, International Business and Finance - Minor in History, 1992 — 1997
Outstanding Junior Man - University of Denver (94-95).
Outstanding Senior Man - Chi Phi Fraternity (96-97).
Being a good father, being happy, quality of life, mountain biking, scuba diving, hiking/backpacking, basketball, restoring classic Volkswagens, Broncos/Nuggets/Rockies games, traveling the world, studying new technologies, and good beer.
Denver Java User Group, Selenium User Group, Denver Tech Meetup Crew, TheServerSide Java Symposium, JavaZone, Colorado Software Summit, InfoQ, JRoller