Matthew L. Bruce
1881 Cameron Court				(415) 305-8410
Concord, CA 94518				matt979@yahoo.com

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:  Three years developing for start-ups, 
all project phases; three years supporting a spreadsheet application
still used at college invitational quiz-bowl tournaments.

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS:  Sun Certified Java Programmer
Languages: Java (Java 1.3, J2EE, etc.), Javascript, JSP, XML, VB/ASP,
    Perl, C, C++, HTML
Dev Tools: SQL*Plus, Toad, Rational Rose, Visio, Visual Age, CVS, 
    MS Visual SourceSafe
Relational Database Management:  Oracle 8i, SQL Server 7, MySQL, dBase
Web Servers: Weblogic 6.1, Tomcat 4, Internet Information Server 4
Operating Systems: Windows XP (& 2000, 98, etc.), Solaris 2.6, OS X
Business Suites: MS Office XP, WordPerfect Office 2002, MS Project
White Papers: Defect management systems (comparison), e-Commerce
    vendors (comparison), Model-View-Controller architecture

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Vectiv Corp.		Berkeley, CA	February 2002 - October 2002
Senior Software Engineer: Designed and delivered editable site lists,
map comparison reports, and other key features for Vectiv's Strategic
Real Estate Solution.  Team leader; known for honest advice,
institutional memory, and friendly, effective interaction with product
and QA teams.  Contact: Bryan Vais, VP (bryan.vais@vectiv.com)

Silicon Age, Inc.		San Francisco, CA	February 2000 - October 2001
Software Developer: Worked closely with 15 colleagues, usually 3-4 per
project, on all phases of design & development.  Wrote and supported
our Javascript library.  Staffed at Vectiv, July 2000 - October 2001,
to write the first two versions of Vectiv SRES.  Contact: R. Robert
Hentzel, CEO (topquark@silicon-age.com)

Shandler Enterprises, LLC.		Roanoke, VA	January 2000 - Now
Data Analyst: Maintain weekly playing time and injury charts for
leading fee-based fantasy baseball analysis site.  Contact: Ron
Shandler (shandler@baseballhq.com)

National Academic Quiz Tournaments	Ann Arbor, MI	May 1998 - Now
Member/Writer: Leading question writer for the only quiz company to
host high school and college national championships.  Also developed
an admin interface for packet set editors to search questions by round
and category.  Contact: R. Robert Hentzel (topquark@naqt.com)

Howe Sportsdata Inc.		Boston, MA	May 1999 - February 2000
Bureau Manager: Processed nightly statistics for minor league sports.
Wrote the recaps seen on ESPN.com and SportsTicker wire.  Contact: 
Brian Joura (bjoura@triad.rr.com)

EDUCATION:
Boston University School of Law		Boston, MA	J.D., May 1999
	Member, Boston University College Bowl

Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	Mathematics B.A., June 1996
Editor-in-Chief, The Harvard Salient (bi-weekly opinion journal)
President, Harvard College Bowl (quiz team, 1995 national champions)
Social Chair, Eliot House Committee

HOBBIES:  Baseball, chess, trivia, gaming, writing.