Matthew Ford
Dual Brittish/US citizen, Director of Bit Zesty - a Ruby on Rails Development Company
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://bitzesty.com |
| Industries: | Computing, Information Technology, Internet |
| Skills: | AJAX, Engineering, English, Facebook platform, HTML / CSS, Javascript, Languages, Rails, Software Engineering, Spanish, SQL, Web Development, Writing |
| Location: | London |
| Visas: | US, EU, Chile |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding experts, Getting press, Helping friends, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Trading services |
| Tags: | rails, ruby, saas, web application, web services |
| Schools: | Open University Distance Learning (UK), University of York |
FEATURED STARTUP
Bit Zesty
Bit Zesty
We Build Bespoke Web Applications
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Profitable
FULL BIO
Matt is a co-founder and director of Bit Zesty. He has led and developed numerous web applications for start-ups and large corporations. He oversees the development team at Bit Zesty and has a keen interest in emerging technologies. He is a contributor to many open source projects and often gives talks at conferences.
EDUCATION
| University: | Open University Distance Learning (UK) |
| Time period: | 2008 - 2010 |
| Degree: | Software Engineering, MA |
| University: | University of York |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Computer Science, BSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Books: | Apress - Beginning Merb (canceled due to Rails 3 / Merb merger) |
Matthew's Startups (2)
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Tweetarium
Tweetarium is a twitter application which helps you manage your twitter stream and ensures you don't miss a tweet.
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Matthew is Following (1)
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280 North
280 North is a Y Combinator funded company dedicated to advancing the state-of-the-art in rich web applications. Their products include 280slides.com, cappuccino.org, and 280atlas.com
