Matthew Aitken
Technical Program Manager at Allen Institute
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Aitken is a Technical Program Manager with 11 years of engineering experience, currently leading programs at the Allen Institute after transitioning from hands-on software engineering supporting neuroscience data collection. He combines a strong controls and robotics research background (MS in Aerospace Engineering Systems) with practical systems engineering experience from roles at Draper and academic robotics labs, enabling him to translate complex technical requirements into executable programs. Matthew has a track record of bridging research and production: developing autonomous sensing testbeds in graduate research and then operationalizing data pipelines and tools for neuroscience teams. He also brings field leadership experience from international infrastructure work with Engineers Without Borders, reflecting an ability to manage projects across technical, cultural, and logistical boundaries. Colleagues can expect a pragmatic program leader who still dives into technical details when needed and values measurable impact.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Engineering (B.S.E) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science Engineering (B.S.E) Mechanical Engineering at Walla Walla UniversityMaster of Aerospace Engineering Sciences Aerospace Engineering Systems: Controls, Master of Aerospace Engineering Sciences Aerospace Engineering Systems: Controls at University of Colorado BoulderEngineering Studies, Engineering Studies at Southern Adventist University
Spanish, German
Github Skills (33)
computational-neuroscience10
electrophysiology10
bids10
bioinformatics10
computational-biology10
connectivity9
neuroscience9
science8
neuroimaging8
data-science7
webgl7
robotics7
aws7
python7
typescript5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AllenInstitute/neuron_morphology
Nov 2019 - Aug 2021
Tools for working with single-neuron morphological reconstructions
Contributions:2 releases, 2 reviews, 324 commits in 1 year 8 months
morphologicalneuron
MatthewAitken/argschema
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
This python module simplifies the development of modules that would like to define and check a particular set of input parameters, but be able to flexibly define those inputs in different ways in different contexts.
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
parameterspythonparticularbootstrappingpython-module
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