Matthew Mcguirk
Senior Director, Global Head Of Field Engineering at Source Defense
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew McGuirk is a seasoned technology leader with 11 years of professional experience, currently serving as Senior Director and Global Head of Field Engineering at Source Defense. He blends hands-on web development roots with strategic security expertise, advising C-suite and Fortune 50 clients on client-side risks while shaping product and go-to-market practices. Matthew has moved between individual contributor and leadership roles—mentoring teams, building solutions in professional services, and running an independent consultancy—bringing pragmatic delivery skills and strong stakeholder communication. He contributes to open-source front-end projects, notably adding internationalization to the Mirador viewer, reflecting a focus on UX and global-ready software. Based in New Haven, he pairs a BA in English and a web development certificate with a knack for translating complex technical issues into actionable business recommendations.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Web Development, Certificate Web Development at New York University
Spanish
Github Skills (10)
uid10
i18next10
internationalization10
javascript10
mirador10
ui-design10
front-end-development10
handlebars10
annotations8
annotate8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ProjectMirador/mirador
May 2015 - Jul 2015
An open-source, web-based 'multi-up' viewer that supports zoom-pan-rotate functionality, ability to display/compare simple images, and images with annotations.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 3 PRs, 7 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily contributed to the internationalization of the Mirador viewer. Their work involved adding i18n hooks to Handlebars templates, initializing i18next, and modifying the application to load translations. They integrated i18n features into various UI components, including metadata views, manifest lists, and window layouts. Furthermore, the user configured the build process to copy locale files and updated the application to correctly reference the locale files.
openseadragonrotateannotationsiiifjavascript
mattmcguirk/ticker
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:101 commits, 74 pushes, 10 branches in 9 days
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