Candidates About

Matthew Boyd

Skills and Qualifications

Proficiency with Unix, C/C++, Java, Perl, XSLT, HTML and CSS

Journalism background with newspaper reporting experience

Technical writing experience

Co-manager and merchandise copy writer of Mac Hall Productions LLC

Education

BA Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park

Currently pursuing AD Computer Information Systems, De Anza College

Professional Experience

Continuing Education of the Board                                                                               October 2013 – present

Publishing Systems Programmer

Responsible for update and maintenance of programs to convert raw book data into material suitable for online publishing. Wrote Perl programs to automatically generate tables of contents for online law books. Wrote XSLT template to generate HTML tables of contents for book samples on CEB's online portal.

Nexenta                                                                                                                 August 2012 – October 2013

Software Engineer

Responsible for update and maintenance of Nexenta's Perl-based hardware certification test suite. Fixed bugs and added new features, such as automatic ftp uploading of test results. Wrote documentation for NexentaStor, Nexenta's Illumos-based storage appliance operating system.

Yahoo!                                                                                                                   August 2009 – August 2011

Sunnyvale, California

Structured Data Analyst

Technician and editor for Search Editorial at Yahoo. Wrote XSLT code to extract key data from hundreds of thousands of web pages, primarily for display on the search results page. Internal market lead for Southeast Asia division. Edited and co-wrote XSLT handbook for other team members. Wrote summarized review copy for Yahoo! apps section.

Kwanzoo.com                                                                                                       July 2007 – May 2009

Mountain View, CA

Editor/Writer

Content writer and lead editor for blog of Kwanzoo, a trivia-based social networking site. Made changes to blog layout as needed via WordPress. Responsible for writing two blog posts per day, normally about gaming but occasionally about movies or pop culture. Conducted and posted interviews in written and audio formats. Formatted, edited and posted other writers’ copy. Ran weekly teleconference meetings of content writers. Edited user submissions of video game trivia questions.

Naval Air Systems Command                                                                            Aug. 28, 2006 – April 17, 2007

Lexington Park, MD

SAP security tech

SAP security tech for Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station. Responsible for creating user accounts, creating custom roles in the SAP system, investigating potential security holes and providing monthly reports to the HR teams.

The Burtonsville Gazette weekly newspaper                                                 Aug. 15, 2003 – July 22, 2004

Silver Spring, MD

News reporter and feature writer

Covered local news stories in the Burtonsville, MD area for The Gazette newspapers, a group of community newspapers owned by The Washington Post. Responsible for four news and feature articles per week in addition to a column of local events. Shared first place in the 2003 Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association Editorial Contest in the category of spot news for non-dailies with more than 20,000 readers.

Mac Hall Productions, L.L.C                                                                            December 2000 – Present

Manager, Writer and web administrator

Writer and co-owner of Mac Hall Productions, an online comics enterprise. Migrated sites to several different content management systems, including WordPress. Responsible for writing comic scripts, news posts and merchandise copy. Laid out book collection of comics in InDesign.