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 micro systems
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
Communications Systems 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