Summary
Matthew Van Gent is a Radio Systems Technologist with 14 years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and maintaining complex communications and network infrastructures. Based in Redding, CA, he currently manages a Motorola P25 TDMA radio system and associated network stack—OSP F, MPLS, Aviat links, HP servers/switches, and VMware—ensuring mission-critical availability for public safety and county operations. Previously he ran large-scale ISP networks at DigitalPath, operating BGP, OSPF, MPLS tunnels, NAT, and PPPoE for over 10,000 customers, bringing carrier-grade practices to municipal radio services. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from CSU Chico and combines systems-level networking expertise with practical server and virtualization administration. Not obvious from the title: he bridges radio RF systems and enterprise IP networking, which lets him solve problems that span both physical-layer reliability and higher-level routing resilience.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at California State University-Chico
Foothill High School
Shasta College