Matt Koglin smiling outdoors

Matt Koglin

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Littleton, CO

I’m a technologist and builder at heart. For more than 20 years, I’ve turned complicated, real-world problems into useful products and dependable systems. I’m at my best taking an idea from its earliest shape through design, implementation, and delivery—using whatever combination of software, data, automation, and hardware the problem calls for.

Experience

May 2020–present

Colorado

Panoble LLC

Independent Software Consultant

GreenLists is a B2B marketplace for licensed cannabis operators.

  • Helped build and maintain production marketplace features across Laravel, PostgreSQL, Vue 3, and Quasar, including catalog, pricing, orders, payments, contacts, CRM, and customer workflows.
  • Architected a multi-state licensed-business data platform with automated collection and enrichment using Puppeteer, Playwright, and Bright Data.
  • Developed METRC integrations for packages, harvests, inventory, quantity conversion, key validation, and data integrity.
  • Built GreenLists’ code-to-docs platform, including a NestJS API, React operator interface, shared TypeScript schemas, and publishing pipelines that deliver customer-help content to Intercom Fin and semantic search.

Sep 2018–Jul 2023

Colorado

bgood Ventures LLC

Operations, Licensing & IT Coordinator · Systems Development and Integration

  • Led a point-of-sale migration that enabled e-commerce, first- and third-party API integrations, and future delivery operations.
  • Built compliant SMS systems responsible for more than one million messages; a review workflow increased review volume 45% year over year while helping improve customer ratings.
  • Developed a GIS tool to identify retail properties that met cannabis zoning and distance-setback requirements, screening 100+ new listings each month.
  • Designed an indoor climate-control system with high-accuracy sensors, HVAC controls, and a dashboard for adjusting environmental setpoints, including vapor pressure deficit.
  • Managed IT infrastructure and deployments across point-of-sale hardware, networking, VoIP, security and surveillance systems, and the company website.

2011–2019

California & Colorado

DentistPhone.com

Owner / Principal · Marketing & Web Development

  • Built and operated DentistPhone.com as a solo lead-generation business in partnership with 1-800-DENTIST, running SEO, PPC, pay-per-call, and remarketing campaigns across Google, Microsoft, and Facebook.
  • Built a Twilio attribution and internal reporting system that connected inbound calls to the click and campaign that generated them, combining advertising and call data for conversion analysis.

2007–2016

California

Antinomia Solutions

Full-Stack Web Developer

Ran client projects from discovery and scope through delivery, contractor coordination, launch, and ongoing enhancements.

  • Built Narrative Magazine from a supplied visual design, handling project management and implementation alongside another developer to meet the launch deadline.
  • Developed StopTheDrugWar/DRCNet originally in 2007, then led its 2011 rebuild with a full visual overhaul, new features, and a managed contractor.

2002–2003

California

Morse Media

Production Assistant

Photographed, filmed, and edited weddings, live performances, seminars, corporate events, and interviews; also handled audio, lighting, graphic/web design, DVD production, and direct client work.

2003–2004

Illinois

Hewlett Packard / State Farm

Computer Hardware Technician

Diagnosed and repaired motherboards, memory, storage, and processors in a production facility handling 16–32 computer systems per day.

Creative Side Endeavors

Independent projects are how I keep learning—by exploring new tools and turning ideas into working products.

Built · in use

PixJax

A camera-less event photo booth I built end to end and have used at weddings, corporate events, and a memorial gathering. Guests submit photos from their phones for branded onsite printing and a shared gallery, coordinated by a Laravel/Twilio platform and custom Raspberry Pi printer hardware.

In development

Postcara

A physical-postcard product with QR-linked photo, audio, and video experiences. It spans a Laravel/React backend, React Native/Expo mobile app, print fulfillment, payments, and content moderation.

In development

LawnCare

A consumer lawn-planning and activity platform built around properties, zones, seasonal plans, soil-temperature timing, and a grounded propose-and-confirm co-pilot. Built with Laravel 13, Inertia 3, React 19, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and Tailwind.

Technical Skills

Full-stack applications

Laravel, PHP, Eloquent, queues/jobs, Horizon, Redis, Pest, Node.js, Fastify, NestJS, REST APIs

Web & mobile interfaces

JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue 3, Quasar, Pinia, React, Inertia, React Native, Expo, Tailwind

Data systems & automation

PostgreSQL, MySQL, pgvector, data pipelines, Puppeteer, Playwright, Bright Data

AI & agentic workflows

OpenAI, Anthropic, RAG, embeddings, structured outputs, MCP, agentic workflows

Platform & integrations

Docker, AWS, CI, METRC, Twilio, Stripe, print/mail fulfillment APIs

Education

Illinois State University

B.A., Mass Communication and Video Production · 2001