KENT ALLAN MATTHEW
WEB DEVELOPER
4133 Los Altos Drive
Plano, TX 75024
Phone: 972-398-6655
kent@kentmatthew.com
OBJECTIVE:
Highly-motivated, committed, dependable and detail-oriented professional with strong analytical and
communication skills and over fifteen years experience in application development seeking a
challenging position designing and implementing web-based or smartphone solutions.
SUMMARY OF SKILLS:
Language
ASP.Net with C#
ASP.Net with VB
MVC
WCF
Java (Android)
ASP
Visual Basic 6
PERL
PHP
HTML
JavaScript
Years Experience
5
7
1
1
1
11
2.5
4
1
16
5
Last Used
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
2005
2002
2008
Current
Current
Database
SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2000
Access
MySQL
Interbase
Oracle 7.2
DB2
Years Experience
2
7
10
3
1
4
2
2.5
Last Used
Current
Current
Current
2007
2008
2005
1998
1994
EXPERIENCE:
Independent Consulting Plano, TX (February, 2007 - present)
Web Developer/Software Engineer
 Using the MVC pattern, created a website for the Highland Park ISD which allows the user to
import registration data, modify individual students’ information, and generate the output files
used to print yearly student directories.
 Using ASP.NET with VB, AJAX and SQL Server 2008, created a new version of the customer-facing
portion of an information solution provider’s website which allowed for multi-factor
authentication, IP address range verification using IP designations, and automatic timeouts
customizable for each user.
 Using ASP.NET with C#, created a WCF service for an information solution provider which called
the same functions as their main website and was to be consumed by a smartphone application.
 Using ASP.NET with C# and SQL Server 2008, created an ordering and shipping website for a
medication used in glaucoma surgery and distributed through a specialty pharmacy.
 Using ASP.Net with C# and SQL Server 2008, created a forum where users could post comments
and reply to existing posts and a comprehensive survey for a divorce support website for women.
Also created an administrative site which allowed the site owner to moderate the forum posts and
drill down to detailed statistics calculated from the survey.
 Created an ASP.Net with Visual Basic intranet site for Nike Golf, which enabled users to log results
of testing golf club models, using information contained in an Access database to create dynamic
web controls.
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Using ASP.Net with Visual Basic and SQL Server 2000, created a Windows service to poll multiple
Exchange calendars for Republic Title offices, presenting the current day’s closing appointments on
customer-facing big-screen lobby TVs.
Using ASP.Net with Visual Basic and SQL Server 2005, created a content management system for a
funeral home, allowing employees to create obituaries to be displayed on public web site
Made enhancements to a web site written in ASP.NET with C# and a desktop application written in
C#, both of which used LINQ to retrieve and update information in the SQL Server database they
shared.
Using ASP.Net with C# and SQL Server 2000, enhanced a web-based product which captured visits
to promotional web sites by geographic region to the database by enabling the site to pass this
information as parameters to Flash pages. This allowed the user to drill down to tailored statistics
presented in a visually sophisticated manner.
Using ASP.Net with Visual Basic and SQL Server 2005, created an estimated closing cost web site
and admin web site to update tax information for Republic Title, allowing users to create closing
cost estimates for their clients and share this information via PDF documents stored not as files, but
as image fields in the database.
As part of a web-based email marketing program, used ASP.Net with Visual Basic and SQL Server
2000 to create and invoke an asynchronous web service to send email to a distribution list.
Voyager Expanded Learning Farmers Branch, TX (February, 2006 – February, 2007)
Web Developer/Software Engineer
 Created multiple Intranet sites using ASP.NET with Visual Basic which allowed users to perform
accounting and inventory functions without the constraints imposed by the vendor-maintained
ERP system. These sites restricted access based on NT security without the user having to log in.
 Customized the SalesLogix CRM system using Visual Basic, JavaScript and HTML and vendorprovided tools.
 Created web parts in ASP.NET to display sales information on a SharePoint dashboard.
Vivid Software Frisco, TX (August, 2005 – February, 2006)
Web Developer/Software Engineer
 Used ASP.Net with Visual Basic and SQL Server 2005 stored procedures to develop a customizable
web-based email marketing system which allowed the customer to import and maintain contacts,
create campaigns, upload design templates, and create messages based on those templates to send
to the campaigns. Using this system, sending personalized emails to thousands of contacts was as
easy as logging in and clicking a button.
 Used ASP.Net with Visual Basic and SQL Server 2000 stored procedures to create an in-house webbased project tracking system.
 Converted screens from a medical billing desktop application written in Visual Basic 6 to a webbased system using ASP.Net with Visual Basic 2005.
Lewis Computer Services Allen, TX (December, 2002 – July, 2005)
Web Developer/Software Engineer
 Used ASP, JavaScript and Visual Basic to entirely redesign the report distribution web site,
improving usability and security.
 Designed and implemented an assessment auditing application using Visual Basic and SQL Server
2000.
 Used ASP, SQL Server 2000 and Visual Basic to implement an efficient system to display tailored
customer messages on the report distribution web site.
 Modified the Visual Basic Scheduler program to prioritize claims download jobs and calculate
completion percentage statistics.
 Used Visual Basic and SQL Server 2000 to display reason code description mouseovers in
Receivables Master reports.
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Created multiple in-house tools using Visual Basic and documented all procedures necessary to
keep the Receivables Master system running.
WebShop Plano, TX (March, 2000 – November, 2002)
Web Developer
 Used ASP, PHP, PERL, JavaScript, HTML, Access, mySQL, and Interbase to develop customized
database-enabled web sites and secure Content Management System (CMS) user interfaces.
 Used PERL and Interbase to add customized MLS searches to realtors’ web sites.
 Used ASP, PERL, Access and Interbase to create E-commerce web sites allowing customers to sell
products online.
 Delivered Web technology presentations to service organizations and the Plano Chamber of
Commerce.
Train USA Richardson, Las Colinas and Dallas, TX (September, 1999 – March, 2000)
Software Instructor
 Taught courses in Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Foundations, HTML Programming,
Microsoft Access 2000, Microsoft FrontPage 2000, Microsoft Project 98, Microsoft Excel 2000,
Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 and Microsoft Outlook 98.
After nine years at EDS, I decided to take some personal time. I combined a sabbatical with career
counseling to ensure that the next phase of my career would be as productive and enjoyable as the
phase just concluded.
EDS Electronic Banking Services Plano, TX (February, 1998 – December, 1998)
Systems Engineer
 Used C, PL/SQL with Oracle, HTML and JavaScript to enhance the home banking/bill payment
Internet client to support funds transfer.
 Used XML to create the prototype for a web-based bill presentment system.
EDS Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS) Plano, TX (May, 1996 - February, 1998)
Systems Engineer
 Used Powerbuilder and Oracle to create windows client objects to support the transfer of servicing
and mortgage assumptions functions of the MERS three-tier client/server system.
 Used Powerbuilder and Oracle to create corresponding transfer of servicing and mortgage
assumptions server objects to retrieve and edit data and send it back to the database.
 Used Powerbuilder to create a server object to process customer X12 batch files.
EDUCATION:
Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude, Psychology
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Master of Science in Education
Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX
Systems Engineer Development Program
Train USA, Dallas, TX
Certified Internet Webmaster
ACTIVITIES:
 Toastmasters International
Earned Competent Toastmaster (CTM) level of distinction
 Weight training
 Cycling
 Running
 Professional drummer