Summary
Matthew Cappel is an Associate Software Engineer based in Cincinnati with a decade of hands-on programming experience and a strong preference for C#. Self-taught and versatile, he has 5+ years of focused work in C++, C#, and SQL and currently contributes to Chiron Cryptography while maintaining a long-running side project: an XNA C# UI framework (DownUnder-UI). His open-source portfolio includes a BASIC interpreter, an emulator mod manager, and several indie games, demonstrating both systems-level thinking and user-facing design. Comfortable building tools as well as applications, he blends pragmatic engineering with curiosity-driven projects that explore language runtimes and game tech. Known for shipping small, maintainable systems, he brings an entrepreneurial mindset to both product features and developer tooling.
10 years of coding experience