Matt Kopala
Founder at Engineering Simplicity, LLC
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Kopala is a founder and seasoned engineer with 12+ years building high-performance web and infrastructure products, from AWS-hosted WordPress hosting to SaaS project management tools. He combines deep hands-on experience in software, network, and systems engineering with semiconductor design and CAD automation, enabling him to untangle complex systems and optimize workflows across layers. A pragmatic Agile practitioner and longtime consultant, he has led small teams for research-driven projects at AFRL and delivered production platforms at companies like GoDaddy and AMD. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he prioritizes people-first leadership and measurable process improvements that accelerate delivery and reliability. An early problem-solver who once reduced full-chip timing turnaround from a day to hours, he excels at translating academic research and low-level engineering into robust, user-focused products.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaOnline education, Online education at Stanford University
Github Skills (25)
parser9
wrapper9
commonmark8
markdown8
webpagetest7
api7
nodejs6
redirect5
compiler5
tsne5
wordpress5
javascript5
monitor4
atlas4
wordpress-plugin4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sitedistrict/extplorer
Jan 2021 - Aug 2022
eXtplorer is a PHP-based File Manager
Contributions:10 pushes in 1 year 6 months
php-basedfile-basedphpfilesystemfile-manager
mkopala/node-email-talk
Jun 2014 - Jun 2014
Contributions:17 commits in 2 days
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