Testimonials

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By bringing Matt into our organisation we have significantly improved our code quality, methods and procedures and, importantly, the skill level of our team. We anticipate reaping the benefits of Matt's involvement for many years to come.

-- Nick Mulveney, Client Services Director, Aztec Australia Pty Ltd

Aztec Australia Pty Ltd

Matt Wilson's initial remit was to review our C++ code base and recommend actions to improve the reliability and maintainability of our application, and also to advise us in improving the quality of the codebase. Matt conducted extensive code reviews and provided training to the team in the introduction of automated testing.

Application logging was an important addition to our application and Matt's open source Pantheios logging library has proved invaluable.

In summary, Matt has lifted the quality of the code produced by the team and introduced a test based methodology, resulting in a significant reduction in our defect rates. Matt was a pleasure to work with and we look forward to working with Synesis Software in the future.

-- Mark Ellis, Technial Lead, Temple Team, Aztec Australia Pty Ltd

News Digital Media / CareerOne

Matt (Dr Matthew Wilson) worked for CareerOne at a particularly crucial time of technology replacement. He fulfilled a multi-dimensional role of architect, technical lead and solution assessor, particularly with regard to work being undertaken by outside contractors. I always found his attitude to be very down to earth and business like and he is clearly very knowledgeable in the software space and very capable of leading a sizeable development team.

However, his greatest contribution by far was his fearless ability and willingness to call, in an honest manner, when he believed that the direction being taken would not be fruitful or would involve unacceptable risk. I had personal experience of this which allowed me to take alternative and ultimately successful steps at a much earlier stage than would have been possible had Matt not been part of the team.

I have no doubt of the value that he would bring to a business and certainly he exhibited that at CareerOne.

-- Dr Stephen Hollings, C.E.O. News Digital Careers

**mystery client**

We use your great logger every day and we’re over 10^10 logged lines. We’ve been pushing its performance in this volatile market and, well, its like a rock!

-- **mystery client**

DubSat / Omnilab

Dubsat was an organisation that relied heavily on their software. It needed to be highly reliable and able to handle a high transaction throughput. Matthew Wilson is, in my opinion, the best in the world when it comes to high performance software design and development. A business risk developed where a key resource was potentially leaving the company. The software developed by this resource was never documented and had some potential architectural flaws.

Matthew was engaged to extract all key information from this resource and to assess the software design and architecture. He identified all necessary information, and also provided a risk profile of the software, which enabled the business to make necessary decisions to mitigate any potential issues.

-- Simon Smith, General Manager, Technology, Omnilab Media Group

MBF Australia Pty Ltd

Matthew is to software development what 'The Stig' is to 'Top Gear' - a pure driven professional. He takes delight in using the flexibility of the hard-to-get-right C++ language to craft components that are robust, reliable, and correct.

On top of this he has a vested interest in ensuring his clients have the correct processes and tools for managing the codebase and build environment so as to not develop a white elephant.

-- Garth Lancaster, EDI/Automation Manager, Business Systems Group, MBF Australia Pty Ltd

Brokat Australia Pty Ltd

Matthew Wilson was employed in 2001 as a Software Architect / Software Quality Manager within Brokat's IT department, working on two of Brokat's major e-Commerce projects, retail banking solutions for Australian and New Zealand clients.

I found Matthew to be a dedicated, intelligent and responsible person, who earned himself a reputation within the team as someone that can be relied on for developing quality software.

-- Richard Exton, Director of R & D, Brokat Australia Pty Ltd

Clients

Providing services of the highest quality is a competitive advantage to our company, and a point of professional pride to our consultants. We have provided such services for the clients listed below.

Client	Services	Technologies	Notable achievements
	consultancy: development processes strategic product planning & architecture architecture & design design/code review performance review codebase refactoring (macro & micro) training: test-driven development Pantheios custom product development: code-generation wizards diagnostic logging subsystems	C++, C#/.NET, COM, Delphi, Pantheios, SVN	Substantial increases in application stability and enhanced diagnostics Successful introduction of test-driven approach to development team Significant increases in application performance; up to 90% increase in critical sub-systems Creation of architecture for next generation software platform * Testimonial * * Testimonial *
mystery client	custom product development: customisation of the popular Pantheios C++ diagnostic logging library	This notable player in the financial sector, based in New York City, contacted Synesis Software in Dec 2007 to design and implement custom front-/back-ends to enhance the performance to the ultimate degree - not one processor cycle is wasted - because they believe that their systems will need to produce diagnostic logging output at a greater rate than any other software system in history. An NDA restricts us from naming the client, their business, or the nature of the customisations, but we can say that they're delighted with the system's performance and reliability. They said that Pantheios operates with "clock-cycle speed", and in reliability terms "it's a "rock": In the first few months of its deployment it has processed on the order of 100,000,000,000 log statements without a flicker! * Testimonial *
	consultancy: technical management development processes (incl. SCRUM) executive liaison ISV oversight solution review strategic product planning & architecture architecture & design design/code review performance review codebase refactoring (macro & micro) training: test-driven development Ruby custom product development: XML pre-processing/cleaning sub-systems diagnostic logging subsystems	C#/.NET, Java, Ruby, web technologies (Rails, J2EE)	Instrumental in the completion of year 1 strategic transformation projects to deliver a 30% incremental business revenue plus 100% incremental website traffic Built a high performance development team from the ground up that supported the delivery of strategic initiatives and delivered excellence in technology Successfully educated the executive team, and evangelized best practice around product development and staff development * Testimonial *
	custom product development: architecture & design implementation integration test harnesses	ACE, AS2805 (financial processing), C++, internetworking (IP, UDP, TCP), Ruby, TIBCO (EMS/JMS), User-Interface (Windows), SysLog	Designed and implemented robust, flexible suite of middleware daemons to service electronic transaction processing. Since deployment in early 2005, the middleware components have processed every single EFTPOS transaction throughout continental Australia without a single failure. * Testimonial *
	consultancy: design/code review & remediation risk analysis (re: departure of key personnel)	Internetworking (IP, TCP, UDP), media distribution, C++, C#/.NET	* Testimonial *
	consultancy: design & development	C#/.NET	a Television SMS special event that processed 1.05 Million messages in one weekend
	consultancy: architecture & design prototyping integration development technical interviewing	C, C++, UNIX, VMS, Windows	Designed and developed, in partnership with Acxiom Australia's head of development, an extensible parsing and filtering engine. Initial prototype delivered within three weeks. Final solution completed (including porting to several different platforms) within three months. Engine was up to 100x more accurate and three times faster, than previous systems,
	consultancy: development processes design/code review solution review	C#/.NET
IT&e (formerly ComSolve)	consultancy: architecture & design implementation integration testing	ATL, C++, COM, Internetworking (IP, TCP, UDP), TIBCO (Rendezvous),	Participated in the definition of the Runtime Customer Services architecture for delivery real-time trading information to the Commonwealth Securities online trading site. Designed and developed the data-caching and delivery subsystem components of RTCS, which have run since mid-1999 without a single failure.
	consultancy: design & development design/code review & remediation	C++, COM, C#/.NET, Java, UNIX, Windows
	technical editing: book reviews	C++, STL	Including major works by: Herb Sutter Scott Meyers Steve Dewhurst
Brokat Australia	consultancy: software quality assurance design/code review & remediation mentoring of development team members training: automated testing source-control systems	Java, JSP, Twister, VSS & CVS	Introduction of agile development methodology Substantial increases in softwareand process quality Reduction in key system bottlenecks by more than 90% Increases in system concurrency of two orders of magnitude * Testimonial *
	custom product development: design & development packaging / installation	C++, COM, User Interface (Windows)	The product was part of the Diet Coke campaign that won a CyberLion at Cannes Lion 2001 and three Yahoo Internet Awards
IT@OZI	consultancy: technical interviews	C++, Java, UNIX
	consultancy: design/code & performance review	C++, COM, Windows
WorldSchool	consultancy: feasibility study	Internetworking technologies
Capisco	custom product development: architecture & design proof-of-concept prototyping server development	Internetworking (IP, TCP, UDP), user-interface, browser customisation	The first phase of this engagement was to design and implement a remotely and dynamically configurable multimedia presentation platform. It was delivered in exactly 6 weeks from project conception, and was demonstrated shortly thereafter to the executive team of a national telecommunications company. The second phase of this engagement was to design and implement an internetworking server platform able to process in excess of 5000 messages per second
	technical editing: book reviews	Java, JSP
	consultancy: architecture & design development mentoring of development team members	ATL, C++, COM, User Interface (Windows), Visual Basic

Testimonials

Clients

**mystery client**

IT&e

(formerly ComSolve)

Brokat Australia

IT@OZI

WorldSchool

Capisco

mystery client