About

I’m Matthew Congrove. Designer and developer, web and mobile.

Over the years I’ve worked at fantastic companies and on awesome projects with great people. Along the way I’ve built a small collection of interesting side projects. I love Figma, spreadsheets and regex.

Work Experience

Shopmonkey

2022 – Now

Engineering Lead

Responsible for the development and maintenance of the frontend UI component system.

Allstacks

2021 – 2022

Design Lead

Worked in a split role with the Product and Marketing teams as a designer and developer. Designed the brand and collateral, including the creation of the new company logo. Primarily responsible for UI/UX of the product. Designed and developed numerous user-facing features in the product; developed the industry benchmarking and the R&D tax credit products.

Pinpoint

2017 – 2021

Head of Design

Worked as the Head of UI/UX Design. Primarily responsible for the look and feel of product; collaborate with stakeholders to help develop and ideate on the vision for the product. In charge of creating marketing materials, including video assets, e-books, websites, e-mails, physical assets such as business cards and swag, and the company brand. Previously managed the Front End team, which included application and web design and development. Additional miscellaneous duties include creating company retreat themes, planning and helping manage the retreats, setting up offices and a video studio, and being the company spreadsheet guru and regex oracle.

Axway

2016 – 2017

Principal Software Engineer

Became a Principal Software Engineer for the R&D team through Axway’s acquisition of Appcelerator. Designed and developed demos, code samples, and performed client advisory work for iOS and Android applications.

Appcelerator

2011 – 2016

Solutions Architect

Developed iOS and Android applications. Served as a Senior Mobile Consultant on the Professional Services team, then shifted to Solutions Architect on the Customer Advisory team. Developed, designed and architected mobile applications for EMC, Denso, First Utility, NBC Universal, Deloitte, Gamestop and more. Designed and developed the company’s online video training portal.

Brightcove

2008 – 2011

Senior Software Engineer

Worked on the Professional Services team as a Senior Software Engineer, focusing on front end development with some mobile web. Projects included Advance Publications, BBC America, Consumer Reports, Entertainment Weekly, Humane Society, MTV, NY Times, Oracle, Playboy, Philips, Reebok, Smithsonian, Universal Music, US Department of State, Virgin Media and Weather Channel. Created an open source initiative within the company and developed numerous popular SDKs for the company platform.

Svpply

2009

Lead Software Engineer

Served on the original team that developed this social shopping website, which was acquired by eBay in 2012. Primarily focused on website and bookmarklet development.

Unbound Commerce

2008

Lead Software Engineer

Co-founded this mobile retail platform as the Lead Software Engineer, also creating the initial company branding. Developed mobile retail experiences for MooseJaw and the New England Patriots.

go2 Media

2007 – 2008

Software Engineer

Worked on the Professional Services team as a Software Engineer. Developed a quick-deployment system for mobile websites based on the Joomla CMS, which was used to launch products for CBS News and CBS Sports.
Tech Awards

NASA Future-Scaping Our Skies Challenge

Second Place

2021

XPRIZE Big Ocean Challenge

Winner

2018

Regional Hackathon

Winner

2016

Pebble + XDA Developer Challenge

Finalist

2014

NASA Int’l Space Apps Challenge

Honorable Mention

2013

Pebble UI Design Contest

Winner

2013

Boston.com Hack Day Challenge

Third Place

2011

Other Awards

Public Affairs Officer of the Year

Texas Wing, Civil Air Patrol

2017

Public Affairs Officer of the Year

Texas Wing, Civil Air Patrol

2016

Balsem Award for Public Affairs

Civil Air Patrol

2016

Award of Excellence for Public Affairs

Civil Air Patrol

2016

Public Affairs Officer of the Year

Texas Wing, Civil Air Patrol

2015

Balsem Award for Public Affairs

Civil Air Patrol

2015

Award of Excellence for Public Affairs

Civil Air Patrol

2015

Public Affairs Officer of the Year

Group 4, Florida Wing, Civil Air Patrol

2007

Public Affairs Officer of the Year

Florida Wing, Civil Air Patrol

2006

Select Side Projects

TruValu

Navisea

Forekast

Fish Rules

River Center

Inbound

Pebble UI

GameSetMatch

BiteBook

Now

SAR Assist Suite

SAR Assist

Chariti

Sensli

NASA Clock

Portfolio

Provided upon request.