My name is Matt Beard, and I am native to the Louisville area. I hold a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Louisville, and completed advanced education in full stack web development from the Software Guild.
After graduating college I felt compelled to do something more with my life. I wanted to do something that would utilize my creativity to its fullest and mentally challenge me at the same time. Being the ambitious and creative person I am, I followed my urge and set off down a new path of higher education - software development.
My initial love for software development and computer science began in Middle School, where I was given the task to create basic web pages using HTML and CSS. One thing that stood out to me when taking this class was the feeling of fulfillment I had achieved after the completion of my assignments. The feeling of seeing what started off in my mind be conveyed onto the computer was invigorating.
Furthering my skills in software development has allowed me to build full-stack web applications and bring my ideas to life. I am thrilled to finally be doing something that I love.
I am a highly motivated and active person. I love to run, mountain bike, snowboard(not good at it), kayak, and go to the gym. Additionally, I enjoy graphic design and doing research on topics that involve space, physics, and magnetism...weird, I know.
ENGINEER - WATSON SPEECH SYNTHESIS, HUMANA INC | LOUISVILLE, KY — 2019-PRESENT
ENGINEER - WATSON ASSISTANT, HUMANA INC | LOUISVILLE, KY — 2018-2019
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, THE SOFTWARE GUILD | LOUISVILLE, KY — 2018 THE SOFTWARE GUILD | LOUISVILLE, KY — JAVA (Full Stack) — 2018
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE | LOUISVILLE, KY — CRIMINAL JUSTICE — 2013Lucky Sevens is a web application that was created with the use of MVC architecture, JSP's, JSTL, and EL.
The rules of the game: Each round, the program rolls a virtual pair of dice for the user If the sum of the 2 dice is equal to 7, the player wins $4; otherwise, the player loses $1.
Weather App is a web application that was created with the use of MVC architecture, JSPs, JSTL, EL, PostMan, JSON, and Javascript. The purpose of this project was to use jQuery to respond to browser events, manipulate HTML elements, make Ajax calls, and process Ajax responses while using an Open Weather Map API.
This particular version of Vending Machine is a web application that was created with the use of JSPs, JSTL, EL, PostMan, MVC architecture, JSON HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery. A browser-based user interface for an existing web service via the supplied Vending Machine REST API was additionally used.
This particular version of Vending Machine is a web application that was created with the use of JSPs, JSTL, EL, MVC architecture, Spring, HTML, and CSS. This program also has an in-memory DAO to store data. By using powerful features that came with the Spring framework, the need for a physical .jar file was no longer necessary. Additionally, this program was built without the use of any Ajax calls
Superheroes is a RESTful web application that was created with the use of MVC architecture, JSP's, JSTL, EL, Javascript(Ajax, jQuery), Spring, and SQL. This application has a Data Layer and uses custom error pages that apply security by integrating Spring Security that restricts access to endpoints to certain users.
