Mat Jones
Project Lead at MODX
Hastings, Nebraska, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMat Jones is a seasoned project lead and full-stack web developer with 11 years of experience building and maintaining content-driven sites, notably contributing to the MODX Revolution CMS to improve manager UX, media handling, and template logic. He combines hands-on backend skills (PHP, MySQL, shell) with front-end expertise (JavaScript, jQuery, extJS, AngularJS, CSS) and server architecture knowledge, having led web and multimedia efforts across agencies and manufacturing. Mat’s background in graphic arts and long-standing advisory role at Central Community College gives him a strong design sensibility that informs pragmatic, user-focused technical solutions. Outside of work he’s creatively active—playing folk and rock guitar, painting, and serving on the Hastings Community Arts Council—which complements his collaborative leadership style. Based in Hastings, Nebraska, he’s equally comfortable troubleshooting deep technical issues and translating client needs into polished, maintainable products. An apparent affinity for animals and travel hints at a personable, adventurous approach to problem solving and team culture.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Leadership HastingsHD, College Prep, HD, College Prep at Grand Island Senior HighAAS, Graphic Arts, AAS, Graphic Arts at Central Community College
Github Skills (14)
extjs10
content-management-system10
php10
javascript10
modx10
content-management10
backend9
back-end-development9
html8
xhtml8
front-end-development8
mysql7
css7
mysql-db7
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
modxcms/revolution
Jul 2015 - Dec 2022
MODX Revolution - Content Management Framework
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 25 commits, 32 PRs in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Mat primarily contributed to the MODX Revolution content management framework by addressing a variety of issues related to the manager interface. They fixed bugs related to text areas, drag-and-drop functionality, and parent resource selection. Furthermore, the user implemented enhancements to the manager log, resource data display, and template assignment logic, and optimized the media browser.
modx-revolutionmodxphpcontent-managementcontent-management-system
matdave/Git-Package-Management
Apr 2021 - Nov 2024
MODX extra for building and managing external packages.
Contributions:16 pushes, 18 branches in 3 years 7 months
minecraftmodxmodx-extra
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