Stephen Mats Mats

Experience

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  McCaw Cellular

  Aug 1994 - Mar 1996

  Senior System Administrator

  Build-out computing and network systems to support quickly growing cellular communications company.

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  University of Washington

  Mar 1995 - now

  Software Engineer

  Design and build academic technology solutions to remove barriers to learning. Facilitate integration and support for Learning Management System.Engineer and manage enterprise-wide network computing services for the University.Provide development and engineering for locally authoring learning and collaboration tools.Engineered and managed essential enterprise-wide network computing services for University of Washington, five-state area of medical institutions, and Washington State K-20 schools.Led technology initiative to provide secure access to reliable distributed network resources. Engineered and managed UNIX computing clusters for university administration. Engineered disaster recovery solutions for services and systems, both at application and enterprise levels. Infrastructure SupportProvided 7x24 support for over 300 UNIX machines. Provided on-call operational support and problem solving. Provided technical and engineering support for collaborative applications, including calendaring, messaging, and wiki solutions.Engineered solutions for future of campus security infrastructure.Pubcookie Single Sign-On SystemCreated the vision, designed, and developed an open source web single sign-on system, Pubcookie, to provide authenticated access for a university community of 200k+ people and thousands of client applications, including high traffic web portals and applications mandatory for the operation of the institution. Responsibilities included design, implementation, service management, lifecycle maintenance, and escalated support. Managed development resources and coordinated code contributors with funding from Internet2 and the Mellon Foundation.Evaluated and advised on emerging technologies. In laboratory and pilot-use environments, evaluated technologies for their applicability to University administration, pedagogy, and telemedicine. Show less

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  Raytheon Polar Support Company

  Oct 2000 - May 2001

  Remote-Sensing Technician

  Contracted to National Science Foundation to support United States Antarctic Program. Conduct collection and analysis of remote-sensing data for use in scientific research and meteorology. Use GIS tools to analyze and display spatial data contextualized with satellite and mapping products. Maintain satellite ground station hardware. Conduct field research collecting location and mapping data.