Chris Hickman Email & Phone Number

Celina, Tx, Us

I am working with an amazingly talented team to create new experiences as a part of our Showcase platform. I get the opportunity to build new methods for our SDK, develop new features and contribute to the growth of our Plugins ecosystem. I'm also secretly backfilling the sole Developer Support position and secretly (shh!) enjoying working overtime in doing so.

I work with Enterprise customers and developers and assist them with their integrations, work closely with our engineers and contribute to multiple projects, plugins, feature prototypes and open source maintenance of our SDK Examples repository.

I create sample applications based on Matterport's SDK and assist integrators with our GraphQL APIs, JavaScript, SDKs, Three.js and OAuth integrations. I create examples, documentation and participate in company-wide coding challenges. I also work cross-functionally providing support for SSO and other platform related tool

Canada

MPEmbed is one of the leading 3rd Party Matterport services. MPEmbed was the first commercial Matterport SDK application that paved the way for other developers. It featured the first minimap, custom UI and remains the only platform to have color filters, Google Analytics integration and remains the platform with the largest number of fine-tuning solutions for presenting Matterport Digital Twins with custom features.After launching a premium version with a powerful user interface and building a sustainable platform, I partnered with ExploraTerra, one of MPEmbed's largest users and influencers who took control of the platform and invested in its continued development.I took a step back so that I could put energy into my primary business as well as work on a better work / life balance :-)

Frisco, Texas

North Texas's largest provider of Matterport 3D Services along with a full suite of marketing and surveying services including aerial 2d and 3d imaging, car mounted Google Street View capture, magazine quality photography.Metroplex 360 began as an extension of my work with developing web-based solutions for Multi-Family and Home Builders. As a separate company, Metroplex360 was able to expand dramatically by providing media solutions to clients that did not need web solutions and by networking online and becoming a fixture in the online Matterport Community on Facebook and online forums, I was able to build a successful agency and ultimately shut down the web development business -- taking my web development abilities and applying them to my own marketing.Metroplex 360 thrives on B2B services and has multiple large clients wherein the team wears the team jersey for our partners, providing data capture service using 3D Cameras, Drones, Google Street View Car Mounted Cameras and traditional DSLR photography.In 2020, the business was reincorporated as a partnership and at the end of 2021, I made a decision to pursue an opportunity working from within Matterport! One of the best decisions a business owner can make is hiring people smarter than they are to run things and as a result, it has continued to grow and succeed in the capable hands of new ownership.Metroplex360.com was built with Wordpress as was a driving force for leads along with social media networking, participating in public forums and forming strong B2B relationships.

Fort Worth, Tx

Standards Compliant Cross-Platform Interactive Floorplans for Home Builder using jQuery and RaphaelJS. Features responsive design and touch interface for tablets.Product was transitioned to be fully operated and managed by XUGUZ.com in 2019 with the option to freelance as a developer. The platform was developed as a cost-effective alternate to other similar, more expensive options offered by leasing platform vendors.EasyIFP has been rewritten 4 times (v1, v2, v3, v5). The 3rd version is used by several high profile builders including Meritage Homes and Landon Homes. EasyIFP v5.0 was developed in 2020/2021 as a full rewrite using modern standards not available at the time that v3.0 was developed... and was um... never released... and is kinda awesome.

Southlake, Tx

Street View Moderation Services. Formerly: Matterport 2 Street View.Chris built this "side hustle" to offer Matterport Service Providers with a way to affordably have their tours republished on Google's Street View Platform while it was a closed system. As a Trusted Photographer, Chris has access to Google's incredible moderation tools (RIP) and was able to create an efficient workflow for recreating Matterport tours on it. The technique combined using own private reverse engineering tools combined with good old fashioned hard work, lots of coffee and late nights. Chris published a ton of Matterport tours to Street View with high levels of precison, accuracy and speed.When Google transitioned their platform to a more open, democratic platform, they created an SDK. Chris found a new workflow using GoThru to moderate and a new set of reverse engineering tools to create a simple way to trace and reposition panoramas and migrate them between the two platforms.Chris also provided services to Planitar's iGuide, providing them with a turnkey publishing service.Both companies developed their own publishing platforms using Google's SDK, making MP2SV largely obsolete.

Fort Worth, Texas

Wordpress Guru for projects with some of the best people I've had the pleasure of working with. PlaidForWomen.com; LuxeSurfaces.com; ElevationHealth.com; Animato.com; among others. I managed a Linux server with all the web services needed and tried grilled jalapenos for the first time at the Christmas party -- excellent (thanks, Travis).

Southlake, Tx

Wordpress Solutions for Home Developers, Apartment / Multi-Family / Active Adult Living Communities and Small Businesses. CentOS Server Admin, Mail Server Management, etc.Legacy Business supporting over 15 years of clients.