Matt Sears
Owner at SalesRiver
Richmond, Kentucky, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Sears is a versatile software generalist and founder with over a decade of experience steering strategy, architecture, and delivery across startups and service companies. As Owner of Sears Homes and MK Solutions, he combines construction know-how with software development to deliver custom, scalable solutions, while also leading MK Capital. At SalesRiver, where he is a Staff Software Engineer, he led a six-engineer team through growth, cut database costs by 60%, introduced Terraform-based IaC, and helped transform a single-tenant app into a multi-tenant SaaS that generated substantial ARR. His background spans civil engineering and construction tech, including a PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder and leadership at NCCER on backend and data infrastructure, as well as a successful exit with DirtPlan.com. Now based in Richmond, Kentucky, he blends hands-on engineering depth with entrepreneurial grit to turn complex requirements into reliable, customer-focused software and construction technology.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, 4.0 CE GPA, 3.9 Cumulative GPA, Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, 4.0 CE GPA, 3.9 Cumulative GPA at University of KentuckyDoctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering, 4.0 CE GPA, 3.9 Cumulative GPA, Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering, 4.0 CE GPA, 3.9 Cumulative GPA at University of Colorado BoulderBachelor of Science, Construction Management, Minor in Chemistry, 4.0 CM GPA, 3.8 Cumulative GPA, Bachelor of Science, Construction Management, Minor in Chemistry, 4.0 CM GPA, 3.8 Cumulative GPA at Eastern Kentucky University
English
Stackoverflow
133reputation
3kreached
6answers
6questions
Github Skills (165)
apollo10
concave-hull10
eye-tracking10
javascript9
statistics9
points9
access-control9
trigger9
api9
webapp9
web-application9
trello9
concave9
rest-api9
open-source9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mattsears18/mattsears18.com
Jun 2021 - May 2024
Matt's personal site
Contributions:4 PRs, 69 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 11 months
gatsbyreactmattnetlifysoftware-engineer
mattsears18/rulemaker-old2
Oct 2021 - Nov 2022
A platform for writing rules through direct democracy
Contributions:49 PRs, 137 pushes, 72 branches in 1 year
reactdirect-democracydirectgraphqlrules
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