Matthew Johnson

Curriculum Vitae

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Personal Details

Name:	Matthew Johnson
Email Address:	cv@matthew.ath.cx
Phone Number:	+447866492434
Github:	https://github.com/mjj29

Education

2004–2008	Computer Laboratory, University Of Cambridge Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Security Thesis topic: Consumer Security Devices for Internet Banking
2001–2004	Trinity Hall, University Of Cambridge Masters Degree in Computer Science with honours

Employment

May 2008–present	Principal Software Engineer and Software Architect, Software AG Cumulocity Apama Developing a world-leading high-performance streaming analytics platform used in finance, logistics and industrial IoT.
Responsibilities:	Leadership in product feature design and implementation. Cross-team and cross-product architecture. Product and development infrastructure administration, including devops build chain design and management. L3 customer issues support and investigation. Development lead specializing in performance, language development, security and legal compliance. Technical interviews for new hires
Core Skills:		Languages C++ expert including STL, template metaprogramming, C++20. Extensive use of Python. Developed a custom DSL compiler and interpreter using ANTLR and LLVM Significant Java experience Tools and Technologies LLM/AI with OpenAI and Copilot Git, Github, SVN, Gitops AWS, Kubernetes and Ansible devops/sysadmin Linux amd64, arm32/64 and Windows development and sysadmin. Jira, Jenkins, Teamcity, Confluence Development methodologies Agile including Scrum and Kanban Waterfall Design Thinking Nontechnical skills/qualifications Internal technical presentations and training Technical leadership and architecture Customer architecture development and presentation (Software AG Customer Architect qualification) Training and development of junior engineers
April 2002–May 2008	IT Contracting , Trinity Hall Mix of part-time and full-time roles building and supporting critical network infrastructure, user support and Linux server administration.
Jul 2003–Sept 2003	Citrix Research Division , Cambourne, Cambridge Java Client development of the printing subsystem delivered into the main product.
Aug 2000–Sept 2001	Basingstoke Community Church , Basingstoke Linux and Windows business network administration and IT support.

Patents

2022	MULTI-USER IN-MEMORY QUEUE FOR MULTI-TREADED AND/OR MULTI-PROCESS COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE US Patent US2024012645A1 EU Patent EP22183950A
2016	Second-order tuning of spin loops US Patent US9262233B1

Publications

May 2008	A new approach to Internet banking Submitted for the PhD degree and published in the University of Cambridge Computer laboratory technical report series. http://www.matthew.ath.cx/publications/UCAM-CL-TR-731.pdf
April 2008	A Real World Application of Secure Multi-Party Computations Presented at the 14th International Workshop on Security Protocols http://www.matthew.ath.cx/publications/2008-JohnsonOwen-duplimate.pdf
October 2007	A New Approach to E-Banking Presented at the 12th Nordic Workshop on Secure IT Systems http://www.matthew.ath.cx/publications/2007-Johnson-ebanking.pdf
April 2006	Usability of Security Management: Defining the Permissions of Guests Presented at the 14th International Workshop on Security Protocols http://www.matthew.ath.cx/publications/2006-JohnsonSta-Guests.pdf
April 2005	Implementing A Multi-Hat PDA Presented at the 13th International Workshop on Security Protocols http://www.matthew.ath.cx/publications/2005-JohnsonSta-hats.pdf

Relevant positions held

2017-present	Co-Author xpybuild build system Co-Authored a fast cross-platform, cross-language build system that uses Python as the build file format. https://github.com/xpybuild/xpybuild
2010-present	Tournament operations and leadership/development for tabletop games National and global expert and leadership of the tournament operations programs for several table top games, including being on several national committees. Many technical presentations to a global audience. Demonstrates leadership and teamwork skills in high-pressure environments, skills in detailed technical knowledge and being able to communicate them.
2002-2009	Debian Developer. Package maintainer and contributor to the Debian operating system. Designed the Java package creation and maintenance standards and tools. Contributed to the debian-legal mailing list discussing software licensing issues.