Matthew Summers - CTO, Curotec

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Work Background

CurotecChief Technology Officer

Nov. 2022Remote

CurotecDirector of Delivery

Apr. 2022 - Nov. 2022Remote

Self EmployedConsulting CTO & Hands-on Developer

Jan. 2020 - Apr. 2022Developing language learning software that leverages text to speech with synchronized text highlighting. Software includes use of headless CMS (Directus) along with writing various node.js packages to handle implementation of standards compliant playback of audio/video assets (able player) to handle the synchronization through VTT. Additional work developing eCommerce platform based on WordPress, WooCommerce, Dokan and several custom developed plugins and integrations for shipping automation as well as nation-wide sales tax collection and remittance via TaxCloud. Technical team management, in addition to workflow management via Scrum/Agile methodologies with a distributed and remote team. Further development has included integration of drop-shipping providers both directly and through the product management platform Flxpoint via the WooCommerce REST API.

Mindprint Learning, LLCChief Technology Officer

Jan. 2016 - Jan. 2020Princeton, NJI managed software engineering, product design and user experience efforts at Mindprint. My focus was on working with the founders to develop and grow our shared goals of building effective, scientifically valid and useful online cognitive assessments, paired with learning strategies and other resources, to help students, educators, tutors and parents provide differentiated education and supports. Work included significant expansion into AWS, refactoring and performance/scalability engineering. Product and platform development was in Laravel with a B2B and B2C ecommerce engine tied into a custom product catalog admin. Major accomplishments included the 2018 CODiE award for Best Learning Capacity Building Solution.

KaplanVice President, User Experience

Mar. 2014 - Jun. 2015Miami/Fort Lauderdale AreaFollowing a restructuring within the organization, I was afforded an opportunity to work alongside other talented technology professionals within a newly created innovation team. Our focus was to partner with business, product and academic leaders throughout the company to help build MVP candidates for new products, service enhancements, or new lines of revenue. I managed a User Experience and Research team, comprised of a Sr. UX Researcher, UX Researcher, Information Architect & Data Scientist and two stellar Full Stack Front End Developers. We worked on design, research, testing and proof of concept ideation for several new deployments of Kaplan's learning product delivery platform, known as KAPx. We also partnered with business units in the optimization of existing business platforms in the B2B space and developed a mobile-optimized design for e-Commerce ordering. Our methods included developing paper prototypes, conversion into either HTML prototypes or click through graphic prototypes using tools including InVision, Balsamiq, Axure and development tools. Research platforms used included Loop11 for unmoderated testing and Morae for our in-house usability lab. My contributions included meeting initially with stakeholders throughout the business to develop an understanding of their needs and what the target outcomes were. I also ran several design studio sessions to help with ideation, participated with my colleagues on design and prototype build and mentored, challenged and developed the team members. This position was performed remotely from La Crosse, WI and I reported directly to a business unit CEO, then the CTO and the CIO of the company during this time frame. References for this position and tenure available upon request.