Director of Developer Relations
Continuing to lead DevRel both internally and externally at 8x8. Public speaking, API standardization, developer experience, building platforms for engineers, and focusing on 0-200.
👋 Hi, I’m Matt
I’m a hockey fan, developer, consultant, and startup enthusiast living in California. I write about tech and spend my 9-5 as the Director of Developer Relations for 8x8. At night you’ll find me hacking on one of my side projects or on the ice rink. Check out some of the stuff I’m working on here.
I have worked on projects for Sidestep App, BrightRoll, Yahoo, Buffer, and Apple.
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A Brief History
2022
Currently
2021
The Noob Show
Launched a podcast called The Noob Show. It's a podcast about humanizing technology.
April 20
2019
Developer Relations Lead
Leading the newly formed Developer Relations team at 8x8 where I focus on improving the developer experience internally and externally through public speaking, building developer tools, prototyping, and teaching developers and engineers alike.
Currently
2018
Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer @ 8x8
Joined 8x8 to build internal software and help move to the cloud.
December
Founder, Pickle CRM
Pickle is an open source CRM for the rest of us. It's powered by a restful API.
Saas & OSS
2015
CTO & Co-founder Sidestep
I helped co-found Sidestep, build and engineer our vast product ecosystem, lead the engineering team and managed technical partnerships. Sidestep has a number of products and services used by artists including Beyonce, Selena Gomez, Adele, Carrie Underwood, Fall Out Boy, Kiss, and many more. Sidestep powers the live event merchandise experience for both fans, artists, merchandise companies and venues. In a nutshell: it allows fans to browse and buy tour merchandise and skip the line before, during, and after the show.
Acquired
Software Engineer Brightroll & Yahoo
Cofactor Software provides application development services with a focus on mobile, web and server side technologies. Most of my time was spent engineering Mobile Video advertising for a company which was then acquired by Yahoo.
Acquired
2013
Fullstack Software Engineer iOS & Web Orange Harp
Built the entire ecommerce platform from scratch. Built the iOS, web, and APIs to power Orange Harp. Panache allows you to build your own shopping experience. Panache is a mobile platform that makes shopping relevant and fun. I built the iO, web application, and services.
San Francisco, CA
Software Engineer @ Buffer
Buffer is the best way to drive traffic, increase fan engagement, and save time on social media. I worked on the front-end and backend for over 1m MAU.
San Francisco & Remote
2012
Moved to California
I sold everything I owned, drove across the country the scenic route, and moved into the ToyRoom.
Mountain View, CA
2010
Software Engineer @ Apple
I worked on the iPhone Systems Team and I spent my time developing, improving, and maintaining web applications and systems.
Cupertino, CA
2004-2010
Senior Writer, Code Specialist @ Macteens
Macteens was an Apple Macintosh community website and online magazine targeted towards teenage users, featuring news, reviews, and forums, established in 1998. I wrote code samples and tutorials, covered MacWorld yearly in San Francisco with an Apple issued press badge, publish and edit articles, and manage the large community on the forum and email software we built for over 1 million users.
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