Matthew Obetz

M.S Computer Science, B.A History
Currently based in Southborough, MA
(856) 304-2208 mobetz@gmail.com matthewobetz.com
Key Contributions
  • Rewrote a student expo platform used by five departments to preserve look-and-feel while automating student submissions, layout, and Youtube integration
  • Modernized the web development curriculum to emphasize language-agnostic best practices for APIs backed by query-driven databases
  • Co-chaired governance for a body of 100+ faculty members for multiple terms, managing scheduling of items for debate, conducting general assembly meetings, and ensuring compliance with approval process standards
Key Contributions
  • Authored an engine to statically infer communication between AWS APIs used to analyze 2000+ GitHub repositories, automatically detecting potential points of optimization and credential leakage
  • Developed research code for static analysis of program equivalence, correctness of distributed systems, and machine learning textual sentiment classification, resulting in two first-author publications
Key Contributions
  • Designed and implemented a "Weigh from Anywhere" module deployed globally at thousands of workstations as a flagship feature of a $5 million contract with our largest client
  • Collaborated on Agile user story grooming and code reviews, leading design discussions for multiple integrations with our parent company