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Matt Sargent is a longtime Virginia native and graduated from James Madison University with a BS in Computer Science in 1985. He has been involved in software development his entire career, starting out helping to develop an intelligence gathering system for the US Navy in Northern VA and later continuing his work with the Navy and private sector organizations in Virginia Beach. About 10 years ago, Matt landed at Marathon Consulting where he is an Enterprise Business Systems Consultant. His work includes leading and developing projects for local and national clients including Dollar Tree, Birdsong Peanuts, Inc, STIHL, Inc, and LifeNet Health.
Matt is a life-long electronics hobbyist and self-taught chef who began his work by disassembling his mother’s appliances on the kitchen floor (much to her chagrin) and then moving on to assembling Heath-Kit Projects. Recently, he has been developing projects dealing with Solar Power, remote sensing, and satellite ground communications using Raspberry Pi, ESP32 and Arduino, and even going as far as designing and fab’ing his own circuit boards. Matt is also an active RC aircraft hobbyist, gardener, and father. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Virginia Beach and await visits from their two kids who are off and conquering the world on their own.
Lessons learned when establishing a link to the internet from a remote island that regularly sees the worst winter can dish out. Mistakes can be the most effective teacher.