Summary
Matt Ribbins is a broadcast infrastructure and applications specialist with 13 years of experience designing and maintaining radio broadcast systems, bespoke audio tooling, and secure IT infrastructure from community stations to national networks. Based in Bristol, he blends hands-on software development with systems engineering—building custom solutions for audio engineering, automation and security while working across Axia Livewire/AES67, RCS Zetta and cloud tooling. He has a track record of delivering pragmatic tooling and automation—rolling out in-house playout and metadata systems and improving broadcast security at Bauer Media—alongside freelance consultancy and charitable IT support. Comfortable moving between device-level broadcast hardware and cloud/DevOps practices (Terraform, CloudFormation, GitLab CI), he often acts as the bridge between engineers and ops teams. Colleagues know him as the pragmatic problem-solver who once wryly bills himself as a “breaker of national radio stations,” reflecting a willingness to test limits to find robust fixes.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (Hons), Computer Systems Integration, 2:1, Bachelor of Science (Hons), Computer Systems Integration, 2:1 at University of the West of England
GCSE/AS/A2, Computing, Music Technology, Electronics, Mathematics, GCSE/AS/A2, Computing, Music Technology, Electronics, Mathematics at Marling School
English