Senior Drupal Developer in Portland, OR
Hi, I'm Matthew Weiner! I can be seen below navigating my way through some jazz improvisation, but I spend most of my days solving tough problems.
- I'm the founder-slash-everything-else at Handcrafted, a two-sided, wholesale marketplace for the bowed instrument trade
- I'm the lead developer for leading yoga e-learning platform DoYogaWithMe
- I've been a Drupal developer for 15+ years, and maintain several modules on drupal.org
- I founded and developed a music teaching studio management platform called CodaCal, which I've since closed down.
- I helped to start and run a community-focused performing arts non-profit in Chico, CA
You don't just need a developer. You need a partner who can see the big picture and solve for the future. That’s where I thrive. For 15 years, I've specialized in delivering foward-looking solutions to complex business and technical challenges.
I'm a founder. I'm a developer. I've helped to start and run an arts non-profit. I know what it takes to bring ideas to life; to navigate the complexity between idea and execution.
I've been playing violin for just about 25 years (which is honestly crazy to say) and building websites for over a decade. I also play guitar, piano and sing+write original songs and music. I played professionally for years, doing everything from touring and recording to casinos and business luncheons. I also helped to start and run a performing arts non-profit that was focused on helping to empower the local arts community, putting on productions from coffee shops to 1000+ seat auditoriums.
I worked with Matthew for years on a complex client project with very high visibility and he hit it out of the park at every opportunity. He doesn't just look problems in isolation. He sees everything through a forward-looking lens and knows how to arrange all of the moving parts in a way that is adaptable to change. Even better, he communicates it all in a way that non-developers can understand. I think that Matthew could solve just about anything thrown his way.
I have had the pleasure of working with Matthew for the last 6+ years. Matthew has a wide range of skills that he has been able to use on our ongoing project. He is an outstanding communicator who can present his ideas and translate technical terms into easy to understand language so everyone is on the same page. He cares about the work he does and goes the extra mile to come up with ideas for the website or process changes that will benefit the business and the users who administer the system.
He has overseen our project's architecture and implemented development processes that are clear and easy to understand for the dev team. He always has a clear vision and looks for feedback from the rest of the team. He can easily take this feedback and translate it into product changes that satisfy business and user needs. Matthew is a professional in everything that he does.
I knew that Handcrafted had a lot of potential when Matthew told me about the idea, but I also knew it would take a lot to actually bring it to life. Shipping and country-wide sales tax considerations, financing, flexible commissions to sellers, payments based on somebody trialing an expensive instrument at home -- I mean, there's just a lot there. Matthew just sees how everything needs to fit together to come to life. As somebody who builds violins but not websites, I couldn't ask for a better partner.
Matthew was extremely professional and helped us get our Drupal project off the ground. He is very knowledgeable and helped solve problems before they happened. When our project changed from v7 to v8 he was able to help us hit the ground running even though it was a fast and unexpected change.
Things like customer confusion and bad design (visual, technical, or otherwise) literally keep me up at night. Are you the same way? If the answer is yes then I'll probably fit right in with ya. 🙂
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