Matthew Russell

Current

• Director of Research Solutions at Digital Reasoning Systems
• Contributor at Dojo Foundation
• Communications/Intelligence Officer at United States Air Force

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Past

• Independent Author & Tech Reviewer at O'Reilly & Associates
• Senior Software Engineer at Parsons
• Computer Scientist at White Oak Technologies

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Education

• Air Force Institute of Technology
• United States Air Force Academy

Recommended

4 people have recommended Matthew

Connections

63 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Book
• The Dojo Toolkit
• My Company

Matthew Russell’s Summary

Technologist, author, computer scientist with deep expertise in web development using the LAMP stack, the Dojo Toolkit, and machine learning algorithms. A passion for leading and architecting lightweight development efforts given spartan resources, a small budget, limited time, and high pressure.

Matthew Russell’s Specialties:

Leading and developing end-to-end advanced web applications for the open web with DHTML/JavaScript, Machine Learning (especially evolutionary computation algorithms), project management, Python

Matthew Russell’s Experience

• Director of Research Solutions

  Digital Reasoning Systems

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

  October 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• Contributor

  Dojo Foundation

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  I recently authored a book entitled Dojo: The Definitive Guide, published by O'Reilly Media in Jun 2008

• Communications/Intelligence Officer

  United States Air Force

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

  June 2003 — Present (5 years 7 months)

  I transitioned from active duty to the reserves back in 2005. In my current reserve officer capacity, I advise the Defense Intelligence Agency on matters relating to advanced internet technologies.

• Independent Author & Tech Reviewer

  O'Reilly & Associates

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  2005 — 2008 (3 years)

• Senior Software Engineer

  Parsons

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Civil Engineering industry)

  July 2007 — October 2007 (4 months)

• Computer Scientist

  White Oak Technologies

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 5 months)

Matthew Russell’s Education

• Air Force Institute of Technology

  M.S., Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Evolutionary Computation, High Performance Computing, 2003 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Tau Beta Pi

• United States Air Force Academy

  B.S., Computer Science, 1999 — 2003

  Activities and Societies:

  Wings of Blue Parachute Team; CS-21;

Additional Information

Matthew Russell’s Websites:

• My Book
• The Dojo Toolkit
• My Company

Matthew Russell’s Interests:

bicycling, Python, JavaScript hacking, beer, coin collecting, Calvin and Hobbes comics, theology

Matthew Russell’s Groups:

Dojo, Tau Beta Pi, The "associates" part of "O'Reilly & Associates"

•    Dojo Ajax Toolkit Developers

Matthew Russell’s Honors:

Distinguished Graduate - 2005 - Air Force Institute of Technology (top 10% of graduating class)
Dean W. Gonzalez Award - 2003 - United States Air Force Academy (top cadet in Computer Science major)
Distinguished Graduate - 2003 - United States Air Force Adademy (top 10% of graduating class)

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