Matthew Blackwood
Senior Consultant at VMware
Castle Rock, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Blackwood is a seasoned IT and infrastructure professional with a decade of experience delivering scalable, secure systems across academia, government, and enterprise. As a Senior Consultant at VMware, he combines hands-on virtualization, cloud resources, and security expertise (VCP and Security+), to architect and implement resilient environments. His background at the University of Missouri includes building and maintaining large HPC and data science clusters, Kubernetes-based JupyterHub, and Puppet/Foreman-driven automation, all while managing sensitive datasets under security clearances. Earlier in his career, he led a boutique tech company and served in the U.S. Air Force as a cryptographic systems technician, bringing disciplined operations and Top Secret clearance to complex networks. He is currently pursuing a Master’s in Data Science & Analytics, positioning him to translate data-driven insights into scalable infrastructure. Based in Castle Rock, Colorado, he blends deep systems administration with a practical, project-driven mindset that moves institutions from grant-funded experiments to production-grade platforms.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Electronics Engineering, Electronics Engineering at University of Central Missouri - WarrensburgComputer Networking Cryptographic Systems Certificate, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Computer Networking Cryptographic Systems Certificate, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at United States AIr Force Technical SchoolUniversity of Missouri
English, Russian, Spanish
Github Skills (27)
devtools7
eclipse7
chat6
jupyterlab-extension6
ide6
data-visualizations6
theia5
render5
jupyter5
kubernetes4
datashader3
puppet2
openebs1
vagrantfile1
python1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
digital951/readthedocs
May 2023 - Oct 2024
Contributions:40 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
dan-hart/cs4320teamc
Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:19 pushes in 20 days
reactfalljavascriptnodejsswe
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