Morris Matsa
Gateway Architect, API Connect And DataPower
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMorris Matsa is a veteran software architect and innovator with 25+ years of experience designing high-performance API gateways and XML/JSON processing engines, currently leading architecture for IBM API Connect Gateway and DataPower. He combines deep research roots with product delivery—turning prototypes into shipped features and open-source projects—while directing global development teams and mentoring engineers. His work includes a native gateway rewrite that achieved >10x performance improvements, pioneering API management for GraphQL, and earlier breakthroughs in auto-generated parsers, compilers, and custom concurrency primitives. An IBM Master Inventor and founder of the Extreme Blue internship program, he bridges customer advocacy, patent leadership, and recruiting to shape long-term technology strategy. Comfortable across hardware, containers, and cloud deployments, he focuses on practical innovations that materially speed time-to-market. Less obvious: he repeatedly moves academic research into production-scale systems, delivering both scholarly publications and multimillion-dollar customer wins.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MEng in CS, BS in CS, BS in Math, MEng in CS, BS in CS, BS in Math at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (16)
graphql10
http10
agenda10
query-language9
graphql-query9
backend9
parser8
preprocessing8
cpp7
parser-generator5
compiler4
rust3
grammar3
api1
api-gateway1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ibm-apiconnect/apigw
Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
IBM/graphql-specs
Oct 2020 - Oct 2023
This repo shares IBM GraphQL-related specs with the world
Contributions:9 pushes in 3 years
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