Matthew Utterback
Co-Founder at Rex Mercury, Inc.
Middlebury, Vermont, United States
Summary
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SeniorMatthew Utterback is a seasoned social entrepreneur and early-stage investor who catalyzes ideas into sustainable ventures across Africa and Southeast Asia. As co-founder of Rex Mercury and co-founder/chairman of eKitabu, he combines technology with inclusive education and digital payments to drive financial and educational impact in developing markets. eKitabu has delivered digital content to over 1,500 schools across 13 African countries, lowering costs and expanding access through multilingual, open-architecture platforms. Rex Mercury leverages blockchain-enabled payments to accelerate adoption of digital financial services in emerging markets, earning recognition such as the MIT BitComp Next Billion award. Earlier in his career, he scaled Digital Divide Data from 80 to 800 employees and helped launch ventures at MIT's Entrepreneurship Center and Affinnova, which was acquired by Nielsen.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (23)
reader10
readium10
epub9
redux9
epub39
react8
electron7
data-files7
ebook-reader7
windows7
typescript7
macos6
data-entry6
desktop6
cross-platform6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
eKitabu/readium-js-viewer
Jul 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
readiumjavascriptjs-libraryviewer
eKitabu/readium-shared-js
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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