Matthew Watkins
Information Technology Security Consultant
Troy, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Watkins is an Information Technology Security Consultant with 15+ years of hands-on experience and over two decades in IT across government, manufacturing, and healthcare environments. He built and led enterprise IT operations—creating a 24/7/365 service desk, architecting resilient LAN/WAN and virtualized server environments, and reducing incidents and costs through pragmatic security and vendor management. As a former county IT director and 911 network administrator he has a proven record of maintaining zero downtime for mission‑critical services and preventing data loss during major incidents. Matthew combines CISO/CIO-level strategy with day-to-day technical leadership and training, bridging gaps between executives, technicians, and end users. Outside work he invests deeply in community leadership and volunteerism, demonstrating the same project-management rigor and people-first approach that drive his professional successes.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Associate's degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Hocking CollegeHigh School Diploma, Computer Science, High School Diploma, Computer Science at Troy High SchoolGithub contributions (3)
mikolalysenko/Ludum-Dare-21
Aug 2011 - Aug 2011
Contributions:25 commits in 2 days
mikolalysenko/NodeMinecraftThing
Sep 2011 - Sep 2011
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
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