Matthew
Reiser
Matthew.Reiser
(at) gmail (dot) com
+1
(310) 880-1589
Summary
- Recognized for dedication, execution and leadership in
fast-paced environments
- Broad technology credibility and exceptional communication
skills
- Proven track record of success
Professional Experience
Sabbatical: September
2004 - present
- Managing residential real estate, and apartment rentals
- SCUBA instructor
- Director, Panjea.com
SOA Software Manager, Systems
Engineering:
September
2003 - August 2004
- Directed proofs-of-concept for technical
closure
of SOA-related opportunities
- Managed technical relationships between company and its
customers
- Helped link
the Sales, Engineering, Services and Support groups
Sabbatical: January 2002 - September
2003
Vignette
Director, Systems Engineering: January 2001 - January 2002
- Technical evangelist for entire product
line
(content management, integrations, and analytics)
- Trained teams of systems
engineers to demonstrate and deliver integrated web
content solutions
- Led technical
marketing to cross-train SE teams
at Vignette and BEA on joint value propositions
- Directed technology
integrations with
Sun microsystems
Manager, Systems Engineering: April 2000 -
January 2001
- Hired, developed and led ten SE's in the Western area
- Managed technical relationships to ensure
customer satisfaction
- Coached and mentored SE staff and managed skillsets to ensure
coverage
- Led effort to cross-train national specialists on
campaign/analytics product line
Senior Systems Engineer: April 1998 -
April 2000
- Helped
launch SE team during hyper-growth pre-IPO phase, with my home-grown
toolset
- Executed with new sales reps to deliver triple-digit revenue
growth
for ten straight quarters
- Implemented dozens of Vignette systems in
mixed environments, including:
- Configuring Oracle, SQL-Server, and SQL*Net connectivity on
Solaris and NT
- Installing and configuring Apache, IIS, and iPlanet product
suites
Netscape
CommunicationsSystems Engineer:
October 1996 -
April
1998
- Demonstrated and deployed Proof-of-Concept standards-based
messaging systems:
- Configured replicating LDAP directories for
customers in Arizona
- Managed mail migrations to LDAP-based messaging for
customers in California
- Presented network and system architecture for SunOS, Solaris,
Irix and NT server/clusters
- Provided regional expertise on Directory
Server and X.509
Certificate
Server
- Had fun inside
the tornado while preserving
customer choice
and rousting the
competition
Metropolitan Water District:
Systems Analyst: June 1991 - October
1996
- Managed SunOS-based sendmail and DNS servers
- Set up LAN-WAN gateways and deployed TCP/IP stacks on
Windows clients
- Created first company website using Solaris, NCSA httpd,
vi, hand-coded HTML
- Wrote System
Information Graphics (8,000 lines of hand-crafted code)
for water
resource engineers
California
State Polytechnic
University: Tutor:
September 1987 - June 1988
- Helped a (blind) student to visualize/learn
computability theory and finite automata
Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
Assistant: June 1984 -
September 1984
- Helped researchers simulate microgravity in the Physical
Acoustics and Containerless Science laboratory
Formal Education
- Bachelor's in Computer Science, California
State Polytechnic
University, Pomona, 1991
- Minor in Physics
Background
- Architecture: LDAP-based messaging,
grid computing, firewalls, proxies
- Content Management:
Vignette, Interwoven, Documentum, custom systems
- Databases: Installed and configured Oracle, Sybase,
SQL-Server on
Solaris and Win32
- Integration: Vignette,
WebMethods, JMS, JCA, JAX-RPC
- J2EE: Blueprints.
Installed WebLogic, iPlanet
and Tomcat
on
Solaris, Win32
- Languages: JSP, Java, C, Pascal, perl, SQL,
bourne/korn/bash shells, awk, sed
- Personalization/Portals: Epiphany, Vignette,
NetPerceptions, iPlanet, BEA
- Protocols: XML, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, LDAP, SMTP, DNS, IP
routing
- Security: X.509, SAML,
tripwire, COPS
- Systems: Unix since 1989 (SVR4, BSD, kernel work),
MacOS, Linux (since 1995)
- Web Servers: Netscape/iPlanet/RedHat, IIS,
building/installing
Apache since 1995
- Web Services: BEA, SOA Software Inc,
CapeClear
- Visual communication skills, whiteboarding, diagramming
- Technology selection and vendor relationship management
- Ability and desire to interact at all levels within both
practice
and client teams
Other Education
- TCP/IP internetworking, Multi-vendor
networking (LearningTree)
- BSD-to-SVR4 migration, Advanced Unix systems
administration (Sun)
- CommerceXpert, Netscape
Application
Server, SuiteSpot (Netscape)
- JSP development, Syndication Server,
StoryServer development (Vignette)
- ASP development, Windows administration (Microsoft)
Consulting
- Defined go-to-market strategy for Softouch
- Structured compensation plans for Tonari
- Developed product requirements for ErgoTouch
- Built Linux-based, virtual-hosting Apache(v1.0.3) servers from bare
metal (1996)
- Configured laboratory of dual-booting Linux(v1.2.13) / Win95
desktops for DCSE (1996)
- Wrote Astronomy
Domine(TM) (5,000 lines of hand-crafted code in 1989)
pre-Windows GUI to calculate and animate planetary
movement
- Wrote Psychedelic
Trigonometry(TM) (4,000 lines of hand-crafted code in 1988)
pre-Windows GUI to animate
trigonometric transformations in radial coordinates
Honors
- Vignette
- Recognized by CEO for being in the top 1% in exemplifying
values, 2001
- Awarded Sales Engineer of the Year, Worldwide, for
performance, 2000
- Spoke on behalf of the CTO at
Intel
Developers Forum, 2000
- Sales Club, Maui, for
performance, 1999
- Sales Club, Jamaica, for
performance, 1998
- Netscape Communications
- Outstanding Systems Engineer, for performance, 1998
- Star of Excellence, for helping close the largest
regional deal, 1997
- Mozla cum Laude, for performance, Western Area, 1997
- Speaker at Java
World Tour, 1997
- Additional Honors
- Co-founded San Gabriel
Valley Linux Users Group, 1995
- Appointed to Accessibility Commission, Pasadena City Council,
1993
- Honorary Life Member, ASI, Cal Poly
Pomona, 1989
- Elected President of the Senate, ASI, Cal Poly Pomona, 1989
- Elected Senator of the Year, ASI, Cal Poly
Pomona, 1989