Matthew Matz
Director Of Technology at Piper Learning, Inc.
Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Matz is an educator-turned-engineering leader with 10+ years blending classroom leadership and hands-on product development in educational technology. He designs and ships hardware, firmware (C/C++/Python), and web front-ends—specializing in Blockly-driven microcontroller experiences that make coding accessible to students. As Director of Engineering at Piper Learning and Treasurer for a cultural nonprofit, he pairs pragmatic product design with operational stewardship. His background as a principal and teacher informs data-driven curricula, intervention programs, and teacher training that scale across districts. Notably, he built production Blockly tooling and C sensor libraries used to lower the barrier for classroom robotics. Based in Oregon, he combines school leadership expertise (M.Ed.) with maker skills to deliver usable, equitable STEM solutions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Educational Leadership and Administration, General, 4.0, Educational Leadership and Administration, General, 4.0 at Lewis and Clark CollegeMaster of Education (M.Ed.), School Leadership, Educational Administration, 3.8, Master of Education (M.Ed.), School Leadership, Educational Administration, 3.8 at University of PortlandBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education, 3.2, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education, 3.2 at Concordia College
Github Skills (38)
parallax10
blocks10
makecode10
blockly10
visual-programming10
visual-programming-language10
editor9
javascript9
dataflow-programming9
workspace9
typescript9
react9
realms9
sketchup8
static-files8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
MatzElectronics/BlocklyProp
Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:18 PRs, 130 pushes, 7 branches in 2 months
visual-programming-editorpropellervisual-programmingblocklyspin
MatzElectronics/p5blockly
Jul 2018 - Oct 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
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