Matthew Fitzgerald-chamberlain
Director, Technology at Code and Theory
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Fitzgerald-chamberlain is a seasoned technology leader and software architect with 11+ years building enterprise web, cloud and native mobile solutions, now serving as Director of Technology. He brings deep hands-on expertise in C#/.NET, Optimizely/Sitecore, frontend build systems, and Azure PaaS/IaaS while driving DevOps and production monitoring practices. At Guidance he led technical architecture for Optimizely CMS/Commerce solutions and contributed to Home Assistant's core—adding climate and humidifier integrations that showcase his practical engagement with open-source IoT. Based in Austin, he blends strategic leadership with code-level contributions, often bridging client-facing delivery and low-level integration work. His background in communication technologies and cybersecurity underpins a pragmatic focus on reliable, secure deployments.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science Specialization in Communication Technologies and Cyber Security, Bachelor of Computer Science Specialization in Communication Technologies and Cyber Security at Dalhousie University
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
apim10
python10
asyncio10
iot10
api10
home-assistant10
home-automation10
mqttnet9
mqtt9
php6
dom6
html-parsing6
base646
jquery6
scrape6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
home-assistant/core
May 2019 - Dec 2025
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:94 reviews, 14 PRs, 119 comments in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily contributed to the Aprilaire integration, adding new features and improving existing ones within the Home Assistant core. They focused on developing climate, sensor, select and humidifier components, interacting with the Aprilaire API. The contributions included implementing sensors, adding air cleaning and fresh air functionality, and improving support for the Aprilaire S86WMUPR. The user also addressed several bug fixes and performed code reviews, refining the code.
home-automationpythoniotinternet-of-thingsmqtt
chamberlain2007/aprilaire-ha
Nov 2022 - Feb 2023
A custom component for Home Assistant to interact with Aprilaire thermostats.
Contributions:39 releases, 4 reviews, 54 commits in 2 months
custom-componenthome-assistanthome-automationhomeassistant
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