Matt Hennessy
Software Engineer at Smile.io
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolMatt Hennessy is a software engineer and educator with 11 years of experience blending product-focused engineering, UX research, and developer training. He founded a creative services agency and now builds an API-driven Ruby on Rails rewards SaaS while advocating for tech education as a lead full-stack instructor. Matt pairs a psychology background with hands-on frontend and backend skills—Ruby/Rails, JavaScript, HTML/CSS—and practical experience in AWS, Docker, and microservices to design user-centered interfaces that measurably improve outcomes. A Certified ScrumMaster and confident presenter, he excels at translating complex technical concepts for teams and stakeholders. Based in Vancouver, he brings entrepreneurial grit and an unusually people-centric approach to engineering, informed by formal studies in psychology and international cultural experience. Outside work he’s a part-time bubble tea aficionado, signaling a playful but focused personality.
11 years of coding experience
Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at E.L. Crossley Secondary SchoolBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Honours Specialization in Psychology, Deans Honor List, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Honours Specialization in Psychology, Deans Honor List at The University of Western OntarioInternational Exchange Student, Psychology & Cultural Studies, International Exchange Student, Psychology & Cultural Studies at Københavns Universitet / University of Copenhagen
English, French
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Github Skills (23)
css10
ruby10
sinatra10
html10
ember-cli9
activerecord9
ember8
testing8
ember-addon8
shopify7
rails7
mvc7
font-awesome7
mocking7
stripe7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
matt297/sinatra-dev-cheatsheet
Nov 2016 - May 2017
A quick-and-dirty cheat sheet for creating HTML/CSS websites, and developing using Sinatra and ActiveRecord.
Contributions:80 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 5 months
activerecordcsssinatrarubycheatsheet
quickscriptz/radio-dj-panel
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:6 releases, 14 commits, 10 PRs in 1 day
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