Matthew Sowden
Regional Vice President Of Operations
Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Sowden is a healthcare operations and marketing executive with over 27 years of experience and a 15-year track record in senior leadership roles across hospice, home health, and personal care services. He currently serves as Regional Vice President of Operations for LHC Group, overseeing hospice operations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and has repeatedly driven double-digit growth in census and admissions throughout multi-state markets. His background spans P&L responsibility, start-ups and turnarounds, quality/compliance leadership, and strategic partnerships with health systems to expand referral networks. Matthew pairs hands-on outreach and sales management—having led large liaison and business development teams—with operational rigor that delivered sustained profitability and top-site rankings. Notably, he also contributes technical problem-solving skills in open-source software networking projects, demonstrating curiosity beyond healthcare operations. Based in Pennsylvania, he holds a BS in Marketing and a foundation in pharmacy studies, blending clinical appreciation with commercial and operational acumen.
15 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BS Marketing, BS Marketing at West Chester University of PennsylvaniaPharmacy, Pharmacy at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
Github Skills (10)
minecraft10
webclient10
c-library10
common-library10
python10
networking10
clientside10
standard-library10
irc8
windows-gui8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ammaraskar/pyCraft
Jul 2012 - Dec 2012
Minecraft-client networking library in Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily contributed to the core functionality of the Minecraft client networking library. Their work involved adding support for migrated accounts and fixing issues in the login process, as well as fixing dependencies. They implemented the beginning of an IRC integration and updated existing files. This user demonstrated an understanding of network communication protocols and the Minecraft client architecture.
minecraftpythonminecraft-clientasynciogevent
yuukari/WirelessChests
Oct 2011 - Feb 2012
Contributions:57 commits in 4 months
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