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    Matthew Reiser

    Matthew Reiser

    Founder of Reiser Research and Panjea.
    Employee of Netscape, Vignette, Salesforce.
    UCSD (Biology), CPP (Computer Science)

    Entrepreneur University of Califor...
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    Experience
    Reiser Research
    Reiser Research
    Founder 2013 - Present (over 13 years)
    Aggressive growth via calculated risk
    Salesforce
    Salesforce
    Principal Architect 2011 - 2014 (about 3 years)
    Deepest pre-sales coverage of Security, Architecture, Integration and Service Delivery. Technical backstop for ten area engineers, with audiences up to CxO. Volunteered to... more cross-train our national team of Platform Architects with external partners such as Mulesoft and Okta.

    Key Accomplishments:
    • Technical closure of $92M in >200 calls
    • Taught six public developer workshops
    • Created nine technical training videos
    • Hosted calls for 600 SE's on app dev
    • Built technical library for peers
    • Mentored four successful Architects

    Honors:
    • Top Gun, Western Sales, 2013
    • Peak Performers Club, Maui, 2013
    • Most revenue, Platform Experts, 2012
    Panjea
    Panjea
    Founder 2006 - 2010 (about 4 years)
    Helped launch the first platform for the creative community to share revenue with members. We combined the best functional aspects of iTunes with early social networks, collapsing... more the media supply chain, and allowing artists to transact directly with their fans.

    Responsibilities:
    • Pitched to early investors
    • Pre-release architecture
    • Recruiting

    Honored by the IDG, with growth >1M views/mo at launch, before YouTube grabbed all the marbles.
    SOA Software
    SOA Software
    Director, Solution Engineering 2003 - 2005 (about 2 years)
    Pre-sales leadership for a first-generation service-oriented architecture startup. Our suite of API security and governance products led directly to today's cloud security... more solutions.

    Key Accomplishments:
    • Drove external threat analysis
    • Led technical proofs-of-concept
    • Designed and documented demo flows

    SOA Software (renamed Akana) was acquired by Rogue Wave Software, then acquired by Perforce.
    Vignette
    Exit
    Vignette
    Director, Systems Engineering 1998 - 2002 (about 4 years)
    Hired/Coached twelve SE superstars during our hyper-growth phase. Managed technical closure of early adopters during 400+ customer visits. Presented at six conferences.... more One of the greatest first-year stock price performances in NASDAQ history.

    Director, Sales Engineering, 2000-2002
    Manager, Sales Engineering, 1999-2000
    Sales Engineer, 1998–1999

    Honors:
    • Overachiever of the Year, 2000
    • Systems Engineer of the Year, 1999
    • President's Club in Maui, 1999
    • President's Club in Jamaica, 1998
    • Vignette Value Award, given by the CEO to the top 1% of staff
    Netscape
    Exit
    Netscape
    Systems Engineer 1996 - 1998 (about 2 years)
    Secured and scaled prospects'​ enterprises by deploying our award-winning, standards-based Directory, Messaging and Certificate server products, mostly on UNIX in arctic data... more centers.

    Key Accomplishments:
    • Drove four PoC's in our biggest wins
    • Presented in 100+ customer calls
    • Panelist on the Java World Tour

    Honors:
    • Outstanding Engineer, Western U.S.
    • Mozla cum Laude, for teamwork
    • Star of Excellence, from VP Sales

    Netscape innovated so rapidly that customer meetings felt like assembling parachutes in mid-air. Grok the blistering pace: http://goo.gl/Qscjx
    Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
    Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
    UNIX Network Administrator 1990 - 1996 (about 6 years)
    Managed IT infrastructure: sendmail and BIND servers on SVR4+BSD, configuring IP, SPX, SNA gateways. 4000 lines of C, sh, awk, and deepest tier of tech support.
    NASA/JPL
    NASA/JPL
    Technician 1984 - 1985 (about 1 year)
    Drafted apparati with brilliant people in the Physical Acoustics and Containerless Science Division. Our tiny team levitated and oscillated teflon samples to simulate microgravity.... more Results later helped Shuttle astronauts to mix heated chemicals in Earth orbit, during the STS-87 mission.
    Founder
    Panjea, Reiser Research
    Employee
    Netscape, Salesforce, Vignette, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, NASA/JPL, SOA Software
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    Attorney
     
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    Education
     
    Projects
    Unpooled EVMs
    pre-DAO
    Miner · Unpooled EVMs running Homestead (EIP-8), before the original (unplanned) hard fork in the Genesis DAO. As seen on ethstats.net, millions of… · More blocks ago.

    Testing, Deployment, Mining
     
    About
    Achievements

    Helping to build Netscape, Vignette and Panjea

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Security Infrastructure Network Security Identity and Access Management Enterprise Applications Integration Content Management Systems Avoiding BS
    What I'm Looking For

    Meritocracies, preferably with humble, low-drama team players who enjoy creating and owning solutions.

    Describe what you're looking for in a company.
    Locations
    Southern California
     
    Q&A
    What's your favorite non-business book?

    The Tao of Physics

    If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

    Diving all over the Great Barrier Reef in Eastern Australia

    What words of advice would you give your younger self?

    Focus on your goal. Ignore detractors.

    What's the most creative thing you've ever done?

    Wrote an animated planetarium simulator, from scratch, in 4000 lines of Pascal (1987-88) on DOS, before MS-Windows.

    What's your super power?

    Remaining calm

    What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?

    [email protected]

    What words of wisdom do you live by?

    Plan for the worst, then relax.

    What's something you wish you had done years earlier?

    Learn C++

    What's an obstacle you've overcome?

    Poor visual acuity

    What aspects of your work are you most passionate about?

    Helping co-workers

    What was the most impactful class you took in school?

    Anthropology

    What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

    Crossing the Chasm

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