Matt Bevilacqua

About Me

Work Experience

1. Senior Web Developer/Web Accessibility Coordinator

   2016 – Present

   Providence College · Providence, RI

   • Interface directly with stakeholders across campus, working with faculty, students, and other administrative offices to complete projects in a timely and independent manner
   • Migrated the college’s external site from Sharepoint to WordPress
   • Developed many custom WordPress themes, blocks, and plugins and led the migration of the WP editor experience into the modern React-based Gutenberg editor
   • Introduced and lead the adoption of version control and change management, including integrating version control into the deployment chain
   • Introduced and current leading the adoption of e2e and unit testing (our current stack includes Jest, phpunit, and Puppeteer)
   • Developed and lead the college’s Web Accessibility implementation plan
   • Wrote complete accessibility documentation for the college’s web editors
   • Pushed our team to adopt modern development tools, including Gulp and Webpack
   • Developed custom solutions for Microsoft Sharepoint using Typescript and React
   • Modernized legacy front end Javascript by converting jQuery to vanilla Javascript
   • Created serverless Node functions to offload tasks from WordPress to Azure
   • Migrated third-party legacy academic app written in Laravel to an on campus environment, and acted as a mentor and primary support to junior developer tasked with maintaining
   • Created digital signage using Raspberry Pi & Python/Flask

   Tech Stack

   • WordPress
   • Sharepoint
   • Javascript/Typescript
   • php
   • mySQL
   • Serverless functions (Node + Python)
   • Azure
   • React/Vue/Svelte
   • Git (Github/Bitbucket)
   • and more!

2. Web Developer

   2013 – 2016

   Wash Safe Industries · Harwich, MA

   • Administrated several busy ecommerce websites built on the Magento platform
   • Oversaw transition of legacy websites to a modern responsive design
   • Created and implemented new strategies for Search Engine Optimization/social media integration
   • Hand coded responsive e-mails, landing pages, and anything else that needed coding
   • Oversaw the movement from paper to digital accounting software
   • Oversaw implementation of an automated inventory system, integrating with our CMS and accounting software
   • Interfaced with warehouse, bookkeeper, and sales personnel to create successful workflows to reflect these new products
   • Created UX, UI and front-end content inclusive of copy, marketing, visuals, and other customer-facing elements
   • Provided IT support for the sales office and associated warehouse

   Tech Stack

   • Magento
   • WordPress
   • jQuery/Javascript,
   • php
   • mySQL

3. Web Developer

   2012 – Present

   Whaling City Web (Freelance) · New Bedford, MA

   • Created custom WordPress themes & plugins depending on the need of the clients
   • Troubleshoot software on a variety of platforms, including Magento, Shopify, WordPress, custom CMS, and static web content
   • Act as a project manager when working with other developers and graphic designers
   • Migrate legacy content into new hosting and technology environments
   • Provide support for Google and Facebook integrations

Education

1. Bachelor's of Science (Information Technology)

   2012

   UMASS Lowell · Lowell, MA

2. Associate of Arts

   2010

   Cape Cod Community College · Barnstable, MA

Interests