Summary
Thomas Matukas is a Technical Support Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience bridging mechanical engineering and industrial software for manufacturing environments. Currently at Metalix CAD/CAM and formerly a senior technician and trainer at Bystronic, he specializes in installing, configuring and supporting CAM/plant management systems while creating training and process documentation. His long tenure at Arrow Gear showcased his ability to turn operational needs into durable software solutions—C# automation, data mining and a quoting front-end that ran for 15 years. An active ASME organizer, he co-founded outreach events (OSMOCES) to inspire young engineers, reflecting a talent for technical communication and community-building. Based in St. Charles, IL, he pairs shop-floor credibility with a knack for translating messy legacy data into normalized, usable systems. Notably, he combines field service troubleshooting with experience developing production applications and capacity-planning tools that delivered measurable operational improvements.
11 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago
German