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To Whom IT May Concern:
This letter is a personal recommendation for Matthew
Vegas. I hired and have been Matt’s immediate supervisor for almost 3 years. During
this time Matt has held the position of Web Master. The position is responsible
for the design, development, management, and operation of the organization website.
Matt is a very talented individual and particularly strong in the following areas:
• Creativity
Prior to Matt’s arrival, the organization was attempting to redesign
the website that primarily supports our marketing activities. Three different web
consulting firms provided design concepts over an 18 month period, none of which
appealed to our CEO. Matt designed and created a prototype which was an immediate
hit with the CEO effectively launching the entire redesign process. Matt’s basic
design is still in use 3 years later. Matt also designed a student scholarship website
that was streamlined, easy to use, and well received by our customers.
• Technical
Matt is quite adept in web programming using Microsoft C#.NET. The organization
website is database driven – website content is pulled from a SQL Server 2005 database.
Website content is directly updated by marketing staff using a Content Management
System (CMS). The CMS was designed, developed, and implemented solely by Matt. Marketing
uses the CMS on a daily basis to update site content. The CMS allows our marketing
efforts to be more flexible and efficient. Matt is very capable of juggling multiple,
mission critical projects. While implementing the CMS system, Matt simultaneously
led the re-development of a statewide higher education voucher system. The system
processes in excess of 100,000 new students annually and distributed over $330 million
in stipends last fiscal year.
• Leadership
Matt is a self starter displaying significant
drive and effort. He is well read and constantly looking for ways to improve the
organization and himself. He is very good at building consensus with disparate parties
to keep us moving forward technically and organizationally. Matt has excellent verbal
and written communication skills. Among our team of developers, Matt is the leader
related to structured development processes, best practices, and application security.
Matt led and wrote the development team’s response to a security assessment of a
critical application system. His ability to mentor the team proved a key component
of a timely response. It’s very apparent Matt possesses management skills; unfortunately
our organization is small and doesn’t afford the opportunities necessary to acquire
“official” management experience.
• Interpersonal
Matt is a fun person to interact
with. He’s enthusiastic, upbeat, and humorous. I can’t recall an IT staff meeting
where Matt did not make us laugh. He is very open in his interpersonal communication.
I hope we remain friends long after our work relationship comes to an end.
I highly
recommend Matt for employment in a management position or any education opportunity
that increases his opportunity to assume the business leadership role he seems destined
to.
Sincerely,
Mike Homiack, Chief Information Officer, CollegeInvest
May 2009
I have worked closely with Matt for three years at CollegeInvest. Matt is an important
part of our team, contributing at every phase of our application development life-cycle.
He is an excellent Web developer and takes the lead in all web projects, securing
our web applications and optimizing their performance for the web. He is also motivating
and ambitious but certainly fun and a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend
Matt.
Jim Sooter, Software Engineer, CollegeInvest
May 2009
Matt Vegas is a reliable, talented, and experienced web developer. Furthermore,
Matt's extensive knowledge made him a good leader in discussions about best practices
in new and existing architectures. In addition to his sound technical and leadership
skills, Matt's positive personality and solid character were a joy to work with
on a daily basis.
Frank Shepherd, Sr. Network Security Engineer, CollegeInvest
April 2009
You need to hire this man as your web designer. I worked for Matt as an ASP.Net
consultant for 18 months at CollegeInvest. I found Matt to be a passionate and talented
ASP.Net web designer and developer. He is dedicated, creative, artistic, personable,
and ambitious technical leader. I am glad I had an opportunity to work for Matt.
I highly recommend Matt for any web work you might have.
Bill Peak, Consultant, ConsultNet
2008
I have hired Matt for a variety of web projects, and he always provides a quality
product, on time and in budget. He has top-notch coding skills as well as an eye
for detail, so I can be sure that my designs will be translated well from a design
concept into a tangible web page
Scott Powell, Lead Designer, Anabliss Design + Brand Strategy
November 6, 2008
To Whom it May Concern:
Matt Vegas consulted both at Lyman Henn, Inc. and Design Workshop, Inc. to design
and create websites. This letter is confirmation that Matt comes highly recommended
to work with your organization.
Matt is a conscientous, highly-skilled professional, worthy of fulfilling and exceeding
your firm's needs. He is an extremely efficient, organized, and reliable consultant.
Matt's in-depth knowledge of websites and programming needs earns my superior recommendation
and is the reason why I have continued to call upon Matt to consult at subsequent
firms.
Sincerely,
Christina Huerta
Marketing/Brand Development Professional
2008
Rarely does the mind of a graphics designer meld with the skills of a developer.
I recently needed such a designer when creating a challenging project for Adobe
Systems and their products including Adobe Captivate and Adobe RoboHelp. These applications
are distributed worldwide and recognized in the eLearning community as being "best
of breed" tools for technical writers, website designers and instructional designers.
I found that designer in Matt Vegas.
The main project was to design 6 "skins" for Adobe WebHelp and FlashHelp output.
These skins are essentially graphical design templates used to deliver web content.
The web authoring tool, Adobe RoboHelp, generates its output as WebHelp content.
These are basically websites that cater to online user assistance and usability
is of key importance.
The color combinations, navigational design, backgrounds, and interactive Flash
animations have to work beautifully in many cultures. Adobe products are not only
localized in English, French, German and Japanese, but are tools which produce websites
which are rendered in 35 languages.
The 6 distinctive themes each had a set of color-coordinated buttons and backgrounds
and the sharp illustrations were spot on for being contemporary and easily accessible
to many cultures around the world.
Matt is a wonderful collaborator and cares very much about reflecting the client's
views and needs. My client, Adobe, was extremely satisfied that I not only delivered
quality designs, but on a strict schedule as well. Matt was a great partner on this
project.
All six of the Adobe RoboHelp skins that Matt developed will ship with the new product
world-wide early 2009.
I would recommend Matt Vegas to anyone seeking quality web design, a positive can-do
attitude, and a great imagination.
You are welcome to contact me for further information.
John Daigle
Adobe Certified Captivate and RoboHelp Consultation
Evergreen, Colorado
2005
Matt was a very good person to work with. We were delivered a final project that
met all of our requirements and in a timeframe that was very fast. I highly recommend
choosing Matt for your website needs
Dustin Cornell, Art Director, Avocet Communications
May 6, 2009
I have had the pleasure of working with Matt as a colleague and as a customer. In
both realms his work has been creative and expressive. He is an expert in his field
and can easily cross over from a developer to an integral business partner. He is
attentive to customer demands and excels at developing solutions that meet and exceed
expectations. Whether an employee, a partner or a consultant I highly recommend
Matt and fully endorse his work.
Scott Caschette, Director of Information Technology, Village Homes
January 20,
2003
Re: Matthew Vegas
Dear Sir or Madam:
I would like to take this opportunity to recommend Matt Vegas as an employee for
your company. Matt has recently worked as a technical consultant with TG Worldwide
and our sister company The Travel Society.
During this time Matt has engaged in the creative production of design elements
for two new products our company will soon market. He has been valuable in recommending
ways to enhance our existing products with website marketing techniques. Matt has
some very unique and desireable skills in Internet technologies. He also demonstrated
great expertise in working with different teams and individuals to understand the
business objectives and difficult design requirements of our new products. He quickly
developed prototype graphics and was able to refine the look and feel to a well-polished
and professional website within days. Our team was impressed with his professionalism
and his willingness to work within our short time schedule.
As a software engineer, I also noticed that Matt has strong technical skills using
Microsoft technologies. These include developing database e-commerce websites and
managing content and Webmaster responsibilities. He would definitely be an asset
to any company that values strong work ethic, team players, and a committment to
professional excellence.
Sincerely,
Matthew J. Vaughn
Sr. Software Engineer