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Matthew Sahagian

Experience & Skills
- Present
Primd Cooperative
Technical Architect,
Founder
- Remote
- San Jose, CA
Architected and led implementation for mobile Progressive Web Application (PWA), supporting an asynchronous event-driven data layer and providing no-build component-based UI development.
Investigated, deployed, integrated and supported open source tools to build a cost-effective and privacy-oriented collaborative infrastructure, including shared documents, video conferencing, and centralized identity provider with SSO across all tools.
Established four-person founding team and operating guidelines in accordance with cooperative principles.
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Jobs For the Future
Technical Solution Architect,
Director II
- Remote
Delivered rapid application prototypes for data-oriented workforce, education, and climate-focused tools, meeting or exceeding 6-week (or less) delivery times.
Led technical implementation team for Job Corps' (US Department of Labor) nationwide career planning platform: MyPACE, serving 150,000+ students — automating compliance reporting, optimizing feature pages for >80% reduction in wait times, and creating proof-of-concept RAG-based AI support systems.
Supported multiple external teams, executing on IT consolidation efforts for consecutive monthly reductions in cost and developing turn-key data systems for an internal Research and Analytics initiative, beating projected the budget by ~75%.
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Imarc
Lead Web Engineer
- Remote
- Santa Cruz, CA
- Newburyport, MA
Proposed and led the development of a consolidated product platform, Fuse, to serve disparate client CPA societies, creating an annual sustainable revenue model and reducing client onboarding from ~6 months to ~6 weeks.
Co-led developer operations and internal/client server infrastructure, creating comprehensive scripts for automation and deployments that met the flexibility requirements of diverse client needs.
Developed and maintained dozens of client websites and web-based applications, including: SSH and Tuft's SPEC Database.
Executed on-site contract work for Motorola, maintaining developer systems for an early non-US app store alternative to Google Play and managed the infrastructure and systems shutdown following Google's purchase of Motorola.
Education

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New England Institute of Technology
Graduated with an associate's degree in Computer Information Systems; cumulative GPA of 3.93.

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University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Attended classes in English (writing), philosophy, and political science.
Hobbies & Interests
As an avid DIYer, I have a wide variety of interests and self-taught skills. If something needs doing or grabs my attention, I want to learn it.
- Motorcycle repair, maintenance, and modification.
- Digital art, music, and video editing.
- Philosophy, political and economic theory.
- Archery, nature, and self-sustainability.