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 (34)
graphql-api10
graphiql10
agenda10
graphql-subscriptions10
federation10
query-language10
specification10
graphql-query10
graphql-tools10
graphql-client10
graphql10
backend10
compiler-construction9
compiler-design9
query-parser9
Programming languages (6)
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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