Hi, I'm

Jax Matthews

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BS Computer Science, Business Minor  ·  Brigham Young University

Technical product and delivery leader with 5+ years driving cross-functional teams across Agile delivery, platform migrations, and product development. CS background with hands-on experience in APIs, CI/CD, and software delivery.

Jax Matthews

Projects

🐍 Python

Python Practice

Comprehensive CS skills rebuild covering Python fundamentals through applied technical skills — data structures, algorithms, JSON/CSV processing, REST APIs, SQL, and system design concepts.

PythonData StructuresAlgorithmsSQL
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📱 Android · AWS

TWEETER

Android MVP social networking application with AWS backend. Built a full-stack mobile app from UI to cloud infrastructure, including user authentication and data persistence.

AndroidAWSJavaMobile
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📝 Algorithms

Spelling Corrector

Spelling correction engine built on a Trie data structure. Implements efficient prefix-based word lookup and edit-distance suggestions for real-time spell checking.

JavaTrieAlgorithmsData Structures
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🌐 Systems Programming

HTTP Proxy (CS324)

Low-level HTTP proxy server built in C. Handles client-server communication, request forwarding, and response caching — core systems programming concepts applied to real network infrastructure.

CNetworkingHTTPSystems
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Experience

Purple Innovation July 2023 – January 2026 · Lehi, UT

Agile Delivery Manager

  • Served as Scrum Master for two concurrent engineering teams (DevOps and Mobile Point of Sale), facilitating sprint planning, standups, reviews, tailored retrospectives, and quarterly health checks across both programs
  • Managed end-to-end delivery of cross-functional platform initiatives, tracking milestones, managing risks and dependencies, and keeping senior leadership informed with clear status updates
  • Built Jira dashboards, workflows, and automations giving teams and stakeholders real-time visibility into sprint health, velocity, and release progress; cut production triage time by 35%
  • Partnered with Product Owners on backlog refinement and prioritization, writing user stories and acceptance criteria; acted as proxy PO during periods of unavailability
  • Coached teams on Agile principles and conducted maturity assessments, improving on-time delivery to 90%, predictability by 30%, and reducing defects by 40% with zero Sev-1 incidents
BYU Office of IT May 2022 – May 2023 · Provo, UT

Project Manager, Identity & Access Management

  • Served as Project Manager for the migration to Okta as the identity provider (IDP) across BYU and its associated schools, a multi-institutional program spanning 5 universities
  • Owned resource planning, budget planning, and risk management for various initiatives within the project, coordinating identity, authentication, and ERP system integrations with diverse engineering and business stakeholders
  • Tracked project plans, dashboards, and milestones through a dedicated program site (Project Palladium), structuring cross-team dependencies into clear workplans and reducing reporting overhead by 30%
BYU Office of IT June 2020 – May 2022 · Provo, UT

Associate Product Manager & Agile Coach

  • Owned product roadmap and backlog for the NetSuite Admin platform; served as Agile Coach for NetSuite Admin and PeopleSoft Platform teams, facilitating ceremonies and coaching on Agile best practices
  • Collaborated with stakeholders on requirements elicitation, user stories, and acceptance criteria; improved sprint cadence and predictability through disciplined refinement and retrospectives

Education

Brigham Young University Provo, UT

BS Computer Science  ·  Minor in Business

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Skills

Product & Delivery

  • Roadmap Development
  • Backlog Prioritization
  • User Story Creation
  • Product Discovery
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Release Management

Technical

  • API & System Integration
  • CI/CD Coordination
  • Platform Delivery
  • DevOps Collaboration
  • Python · Java · C++
  • SQL · Git · GitHub

Tools & Frameworks

  • Jira & Confluence
  • Agile & Scrum
  • SAFe Framework
  • GitHub
  • NetSuite
  • PeopleSoft

Get In Touch

I'm open to Technical Product Manager, Technical Program Manager, and Delivery Manager roles. Let's connect.