Summary
Matthew Kennedy is a seasoned software engineer and architect with 15 years of experience designing and building web and back-end systems across finance, security, travel, and enterprise domains. Based in Austin, he currently splits his time between software engineering at Stronghold Investment Management and architectural work at Qvest.US, bringing practical system design and cross-language expertise to production teams. His background spans startups and scale-up environments (AlienVault, HomeAway, Ziften) where he led technical efforts, mentored engineers, and shipped resilient, service-oriented systems. Trained as an electrical and electronics engineer with signal processing study, he blends rigorous engineering foundations with pragmatic software practices like Agile and mixed functional/object-oriented approaches. Known as a clear communicator, he often bridges product and engineering to turn complex requirements into maintainable architectures. An inquisitive technologist, he brings a systems-level perspective informed by both low-level engineering education and long-term application development.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Signal Processing, Signal Processing at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Southern Queensland