Matthew Chappel Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

- Digital Product Manager for CES Online: City Electric Supply's suite of customer facing websites, serving our electrical supply wholesale branches and customers in the US and Canada- Collaborates with cross-functional teams to set clear requirements for product success based upon the needs of our customers- Serves as a key product stakeholder, collaborating with users, the business, and the cross-functional team to execute a unified product vision- Leads in the creation and delivery of the product roadmap- Advocates for team principles and leads with this mindset- Executes requirements collation and communication of release plans- Empowers the team to Identify areas of improvement that can then be incorporated into a product improvement roadmap- Utilizes customer and market insights to drive product improvement- Liaises with key team specialists to drive best practices throughout the entire product lifecycle- Accountable for the creation and maintenance of all supporting materials including product workflows, technical documentation and data insights- Presents regular visibility sessions on product strategy to key stakeholders- Collaborates with supporting domains to drive the delivery of cross domain initiatives

Dallas, Texas

- Web Project Lead for CES Online— City Electric Supply's digital product, serving electrical supply customers in the US and Canada- Strove to understand and execute product goals based on input from users, the business, and the cross-functional team- Generated requirements, specifications, and release plans based on product goals, ensuring consistent delivery of value - Implemented and maintained standards around initiative acceptance criteria such as benefit realization, discovery, flowcharting, user experience, etc. - Strategized with regional and global leadership within technical, business and portfolio spheres to form product strategy and assess initiative impacts - Led and mentored product teams based on team values - Collaborated with teams to implement best practices for user experience and software development- Created and maintained team documentation for ways of working, personnel structure, and process workflows - Served as a key stakeholder for the Innovation & Product Improvement backlog - Led successful team migration to Jira, and manages configuration and administration

Dallas, Tx

- Web UI/UX Team Lead for CES Online— City Electric Supply's digital product, serving electrical supply customers in the US- Led all User Experience initiatives executed by the UI/UX Team at CES Headquarters with a focus on catering to users in the electrical wholesale space, producing modern UI design, and adhering to up-to-date development standards and best practices- Delegated tasks, managed timelines and provided direction for the UI/UX Team based on company initiatives- Used Axosoft and Team Foundation Service for ticket and task management- Led regular User Experience focus groups with our customers to gain better insights as to how they use the web- Conceptualized, created and updated documentation for team processes and workflows to be distributed to team and new hires- Led the successful implementation of Scrum methodologies into the web software department and served as Scrum Master for the first year

Dallas, Tx

- Front-End Developer for CES Online— City Electric Supply's digital product, serving electrical supply customers in the US- Utilized IDEs such as Microsoft Visual Studio, Sublime Text and Adobe Dreamweaver in conjunction with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio- Utilized development technologies such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, ASP and C# in conjunction with data sources such as SQL and JSON to generate page content and create UI elements- Used Team Foundation Server, BitBucket and SourceTree for version control- Implemented static and preliminary HTML/CSS designs into company digital commerce website- Conceptualized, implemented and continually updates development and deployment workflow for our development team and frequently contributes to company development standards documentation- Managed automated and manual code deployments from internal repositories to staging and production environments using FTP and Jenkins Deployment Server

Dallas, Tx

- UI Designer for the Marketing Department at City Electric Supply, working primarily on the company's BillPay digital product and HTML emails- Transformed preliminary wireframes into accessible, responsive, interactive front-end views and components for the company website within an ASP.NET environment- Developed and tested custom company HTML email campaigns for view in a broad spectrum of email clients and devices utilizing tools such as MailChimp and Zurb Ink- Developed using the Zurb Foundation and Bootstrap frameworks for fully responsive front-end views- Designed and executed wireframes and mockups for company digital commerce website utilizing tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Balsamiq and Invision

Greater New York City Area

- Built and maintained a responsive, administrative web interface for the Diabetes Kit iPhone App - Integrated the admin web interface with an existing Parse data model using the Parse server-side JavaScript SDK in conjunction with Parse CloudCode - Added additional user controls to the admin web interface which communicate with Parse as needed for more robust in-app notifications based on user input data- Built a manual glucose log entry view which allows Administrators to manually enter user glucose logs into the system on behalf of users who choose to upload video footage of their blood glucose meters.

North Texas Area

- Designed and developed accessible user interface elements for internal and external client websites and applications- Implemented UI design for freestanding applications and websites, as well as for content within Microsoft SharePoint sites and Cascade Content Management System - Utilized SharePoint Designer to implement custom UI themes on internal university SharePoint sites- Built and tested front-end elements within a .NET framework utilizing Micosoft Visual Studio and other IDEs- Resolved/fulfilled front-end related Incident Reports and Service Requests on behalf of clients using Microsoft Service Center System Manager- Handled creative and production tasks on many projects involved in, like designing, editing and slicing Photoshop files- Improved information architecture of existing websites and applications- Served as CMS Administrator and Webmaster for the Texas A&M University-Commerce website- Wrote documentation for implementation and usage of custom authored UI packages- Utilized XML and XSLT to install robust, custom content controls for the client side of Cascade Content Management System.- Met with clients one-on-one, or with larger team, to assess needs and see projects through to completion- Tested applications and websites for cross-browser and cross-device compatibility where relevant and troubleshoots inconsistencies

Dallas, Tx

- Created web and print media from start to finish- Met with clients to assess needs- Created proposals and estimates based on needs discussed- Executed all conceptual, creative and most technical aspects of projects- Outsourced jobs which formed time constraints in a profitable manner, while satisfying client needs- Contracted and project managed external web development teams

Plano, Tx

- Front-End Developer on the Application Development Team within IT working on the JCPenney.com digital platform- Performed bug-fixes, and developed new functionality based on user-generated feedback gathered during testing - Worked on the JSP presentation layer within an ATG Commerce system across all channels of the JCPenney website: desktop, mobile, tablet, apps and in-store devices- Performed user testing on all projects involved in using tools such as VMWare, JBOSS and Xcode- Developed, managed and optimized code with a focus on the front end in languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript- Handled production tasks on all projects involved in, like editing and slicing photoshop files- Utilized version control tools such as GitHub and Subversion

Plano, Tx

- Senior Interactive Project Specialist on the Digital Creative Team within the Marketing Department working on JCPenney.com- Attended initial concept meetings and produced detailed hand sketches for interactive media projects- Conceptualized and developed interactive marketing media for view on desktop, mobile and tablet devices using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, with emphasis on JQuery- Utilized both timeline and Actionscript 3.0 animation using Adobe Flash- Handled production tasks on all projects involved in, like editing and slicing photoshop comps

Plano, Tx

- Web Producer on the Digital Creative Team within the Marketing Department working on JCPenney.com- Handled production tasks on all projects involved in, like editing and slicing photoshop comps- Imported image assets for home pages and emails into enterprise e-commerce content management system

Irving, Tx

- Conceptualized and executed flash web ads from start to finish for True.com- Produced a series of static and animated web ads for True.com based on copy and imagery provided by team- Sliced and developed HTML email newsletters for True.com based on layouts that tested well with users- Ads created appeared on popular websites: MSN.com, Yahoo.com, etc.- Brainstormed new and innovative ways to drive user conversion on True.com via design strategies

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Communication Design

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