Matt Holcombe
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Jason Festa
Matt and I have been business partners, co-workers, and friends for nearly 10 years. Together we have crafted numerous mobile brands, big idea applications, content deployment platforms, and over 25 entertainment driven interactive experiences. His ability to see business objectives in parallel with program design & development makes him invaluable to any interactive agency / product focused firm. There are few people in this space that I trust with my ideas and madness... Matt is one of them.
Jason Festa
Matt and I have been business partners, co-workers, and friends for nearly 10 years. Together we have crafted numerous mobile brands, big idea applications, content deployment platforms, and over 25 entertainment driven interactive experiences. His ability to see business objectives in parallel with program design & development makes him invaluable to any interactive agency / product focused firm. There are few people in this space that I trust with my ideas and madness... Matt is one of them.
Jason Festa
Matt and I have been business partners, co-workers, and friends for nearly 10 years. Together we have crafted numerous mobile brands, big idea applications, content deployment platforms, and over 25 entertainment driven interactive experiences. His ability to see business objectives in parallel with program design & development makes him invaluable to any interactive agency / product focused firm. There are few people in this space that I trust with my ideas and madness... Matt is one of them.
Jason Festa
Matt and I have been business partners, co-workers, and friends for nearly 10 years. Together we have crafted numerous mobile brands, big idea applications, content deployment platforms, and over 25 entertainment driven interactive experiences. His ability to see business objectives in parallel with program design & development makes him invaluable to any interactive agency / product focused firm. There are few people in this space that I trust with my ideas and madness... Matt is one of them.
Experience
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Freelance Software Developer
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Canada
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Developer
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Jan 2021 - Present
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Pair
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Mountain View
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CTO & Co-Founder
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Oct 2019 - Dec 2020
Led development for a venture backed startup in the design software space utilizing JavaScript ES6, React w/ Redux, NPM, Python, PHP / MySQL Led development for a venture backed startup in the design software space utilizing JavaScript ES6, React w/ Redux, NPM, Python, PHP / MySQL
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Design Engine
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Mountain View
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CTO/Co-Founder of Design Engine
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Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
Led development for a venture backed startup in the design software space utilizing JavaScript ES6, React w/ Redux, NPM, Python, PHP / MySQL Led development for a venture backed startup in the design software space utilizing JavaScript ES6, React w/ Redux, NPM, Python, PHP / MySQL
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Something New
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Mountain View, CA
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Co-Founder / CTO
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Feb 2018 - Oct 2019
Venture backed startup in the design software space. Venture backed startup in the design software space.
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GameBots
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Mountain View, CA
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Co-Founder / CTO
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Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
Focusing on a variety of chatbot frameworks for global messengers, VR, AR, and the mobile web. Leading API & SDK development for the GameBots platform. Make sure the company's technology strategy serves its business strategy & determine platform selection and technical design. Researching & prototyping different tech solutions to see how they can be leveraged and utilized by us. Focusing on a variety of chatbot frameworks for global messengers, VR, AR, and the mobile web. Leading API & SDK development for the GameBots platform. Make sure the company's technology strategy serves its business strategy & determine platform selection and technical design. Researching & prototyping different tech solutions to see how they can be leveraged and utilized by us.
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SelfieClub
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Mountain View, California, United States
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Co-Founder / CTO
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Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Venture backed startup of mobile social network based around selfies. Led small team of devs + wrote contributed to all project codebases Venture backed startup of mobile social network based around selfies. Led small team of devs + wrote contributed to all project codebases
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Built in Menlo, LLC
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Menlo Park, CA
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Co-Founder / CTO
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Jun 2011 - Dec 2014
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Freelance Developer
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Oct 2009 - Nov 2012
• Providing / contributing professional expertise for implementing logic on projects relying on significant data needing to be housed and accessed. • Providing / contributing source code programming on projects. • Continuing independent studies to learn new Flash related / supplemental technologies & increase proficiency in ActionScript. Exploring industry related concepts & implementations like multi-touch displays and PixelBender utilisations. • Creating & applying aesthetics to UI transitions & animations. Show less
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Lead Interactive Developer
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Apr 2010 - Feb 2011
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Signature
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Developer
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Aug 2008 - Oct 2009
• AS3 developer for projects requiring data hookups through a public API or XML / JSON text feeds. • Provided consultation for best-practice techniques dealing w/ UI state management, efficient data structures on the view & model side, & asset prepping in FLA sources for dev implementation. • Maintained & re-factored legacy code to improve playback efficiency, better UX, and streamlined source AS files for a more logical implementation / easier readability. • AS3 developer for projects requiring data hookups through a public API or XML / JSON text feeds. • Provided consultation for best-practice techniques dealing w/ UI state management, efficient data structures on the view & model side, & asset prepping in FLA sources for dev implementation. • Maintained & re-factored legacy code to improve playback efficiency, better UX, and streamlined source AS files for a more logical implementation / easier readability.
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eBay
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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700 & Above Employee
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Developer
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Sep 2007 - Jun 2008
Lead development for ebay's web based campaigns 2007-08. Coordinated between design, programmer, and backend teams to deploy various web properties throughout the year. Lead development for ebay's web based campaigns 2007-08. Coordinated between design, programmer, and backend teams to deploy various web properties throughout the year.
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Senior Flash Developer
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2005 - 2008
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Flash Developer / Content Moderator
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Dec 2005 - Apr 2006
Created new Flash modules & modified legacy ones that where wrapped in HTML pages, part of an e-Learning experience that provided an alternate method to achieve higher education. Also reviewed science & math based areas for accurate formula / symbols & applied HTML adjustments / additions when necessary. Created new Flash modules & modified legacy ones that where wrapped in HTML pages, part of an e-Learning experience that provided an alternate method to achieve higher education. Also reviewed science & math based areas for accurate formula / symbols & applied HTML adjustments / additions when necessary.
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Founder / Technical Director
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Feb 2004 - Mar 2006
Worked w/ executive officers to determine GrooveTouch's business goals and plans. Assisted in site design and implemented Flash 8 programming. Directed technical development coordinating e-Commerce aspects for over-the-air delivery of mobile content. Coordinated between mobile services such as mBlox and 9Squared w/ GrooveTouch developers to create Flash accessible APIs written in .NET for the sale of mobile content. Developed the Flash site JamDirect.com, a site utilizing multiple content, payment processing, and delivery APIs. Created Flash media players for JamDirect's content. Show less
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Freelance
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Naples, Florida, United States
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Software Engineer
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Aug 1997 - Jun 2000
Designed and developed several DOS based applications for miscellaneous clients while in grade school. Created countless personal projects, games, and prototypes. Designed and developed several DOS based applications for miscellaneous clients while in grade school. Created countless personal projects, games, and prototypes.
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Education
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The Art Institutes
Interactive Media Design, Computer Programming/Programmer, General -
Stetson University
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science -
Barron Collier High School
Jazz / Computer Science