Matthew Choat Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

+ Developed software and cloud solutions for Fortune 500 companies.+ Modernized client's full-stack web applications and transactional communications using Scala, SpringBoot, React, and Pug.+ Led technology research efforts and prepared solution proposals for clients.+ Wrote API and methodological documentation for client hand-offs.+ Maintained client's.

Irving, Texas, United States

• Consulted with "Fortune 500" clients to help solve their unique software and DevOps/Cloud needs
• Studied Cloud/DevOps technologies in pursuit of advanced development and architecting certifications (AWS, Azure, Terraform, OpenShift)
• Taught programming and consulting skills as a "TEK Mentor" for internal hiring bootcamps

Irving, Texas, United States

• Skills Used: HTML/CSS, JavaScript, React, Java, Spring, MySQL, AWS RDS, Agile
• Completed an intensive 13-week bootcamp and passed examinations with honors.
• Rapidly learned several new technologies, wrote complex, secure, and tested full stack software.
• Demonstrated the soft-skills required to be a successful software consultant by working within and leading Agile development teams under strict customer demands.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Visited 3 semiconductor fabrication plants to resolve software/hardware issues, educate customers on common troubleshooting practices, and improve tool operator independence, reducing support requests.
• Hosted “Deep Learning” software training for up to twelve customers per session that focused on semiconductor defect detection and classification. Sessions resulted in customers potentially saving millions of dollars.
• Participated in QA testing teams to identify critical bugs and diagnose UX shortcomings for advanced process control software.
• Wrote a UI / UX design proposal for our flagship defect inspection software suite that prioritized ease-of-access and emergent feature discovery. Proposal was accepted and used as a template for a complete UI overhaul.

Dallas, TX

• Edited academic journal articles for Doctoral candidates and professors.
• Edited professional resumes and cover letters clients in technical fields.
• Edited short-stories and novels for creative writers.
• Created unique websites for university departments, community events, and artists

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Taught guitar and piano to students with varying degrees of experience. Provided instruction for students with little to no musical background, up through students at intermediate and expert levels.
• Worked alongside "Oh Look Performing Arts Center" in Grapevine, TX to prepare children interested in musical theater for live performances.
• Hosted "Songwriting: from notes, to lyrics, to orchestration" seminar for students interested in becoming songwriters.

• Wrote documentation for semiconductor and solar-cell inspection software using Adobe RoboHelp and FrameMaker. Documents prioritized simple and direct language while still covering complex topics.
• Created and maintained Customer Support web pages and databases using HTML5, CSS, and PostgreSQL. Support pages enabled users to easily download the latest software builds and documentation, submit feature requests, or.
• Recorded, narrated, and edited online software simulation videos, using Adobe Captivate, that trained customers remotely in over forty countries across the world.
• Wrote and designed technical brochures for defect and process control software, using Adobe InDesign, that helped generate millions of dollars in sales revenue.

Denton, TX

• Presented detailed software orientations to technical writing classes.
• Provided guided instructions for creating technical documents such as instructional manuals, internet portfolios, brochures, custom professional logos, memos, and proposals.
• Resolved any issues concerning software, printers, projectors, and computers.

Bachelor Of Arts, English

Activities and Societies: Students for Individual Liberty, North Texas Singer/Songwriter AssociationSpanish Minor

Master Of Arts, Technical Communication

Also took graduate cognate courses in computer graphics, web design, and networking.

Coding Boot Camp, Computer Science

An intensive 24-week long program dedicated to designing and building web applications. Skills learned consisted of HTML5, CSS3.