Matthew Giancola, B.Eng

Professional Summary

Software Engineering graduate (Concordia University) and EIT with PEO
15+ years across Java, Python, C/C++, PHP, and Go
Focus: AI, cybersecurity, and Salesforce platform development
Passionate about open-source software and self-hosted solutions

Work Experience

Software Engineer — Synpulse

Synpulse • Toronto, Ontario Current • Toronto, Ontario

Financial services consulting; owned delivery of an internal inventory system

Certified HyperExponential HX Core Model Developer

Founder — Azzurro Technology Inc.

Azzurro Technology Inc. • Remote Current

Open-source consulting and self-hosted stack integration

Risk analysis and technical due diligence for engagements

OT Cybersecurity Specialist

WSP Canada Inc • Thornhill, Ontario Aug 2024 – Oct 2025

Built Python-based SCADA reporting for water and wastewater compliance

OT network cybersecurity analysis and standards development

Salesforce Developer

Deloitte Inc • Ottawa Aug 2022 – Nov 2023

Salesforce development: LWC, Flows, Apex, VisualForce

Service, Sales, Non-Profit, Experience, OmniStudio clouds

Junior Salesforce Developer

Nubik Inc • Montreal, Québec Jan 2022 – Aug 2022

Salesforce platform development (LWCs, Flows, Apex)

Technical Consultant

Riverview Cellars Estate Winery • Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Sep 2014 – Aug 2021

Developed Canadian shipping pricing system (PHP, WordPress, SQL)

Server migration, website administration, and technical support

Education

B.Eng, Software Engineering

Concordia University • Montreal, Québec 2016 – 2022

A Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) program in Software Engineering accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) to ensure graduates meet the academic requirements for registering as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Canada (See Professional Status)

Project: Condo Management System

Concordia University student project serving residents, owners, and managers with maintenance requests, dues, notices, documents, bookings, and access control through role-based interfaces.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Go (2016+), Java (2009+), Python (2015+), C/C++ (2015+)

PHP (2014+), HTML/CSS/JS (2007+), Node.js (2018+), Apex (2022+)

Salesforce

LWC, Apex, VisualForce, Flow

Service, Sales, Non-Profit, Experience, OmniStudio

Tools & Platforms

Git, Docker, Jenkins, MongoDB
Linux (Arch, Debian), Windows, WordPress
Burp Suite (bug bounty)

Languages Spoken

English: Fluent
French: B1
Italian: B1

Professional Credentials

Salesforce

Platform Developer I Platform App Builder Administrator Sales Cloud Consultant AI Associate OmniStudio Developer

Cybersecurity

IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Cyber Threat Intelligence Pen Testing & Incident Response Forensics Compliance Frameworks OS Security Network Security Breach Response Capstone

Other

HyperExponential: HX Core Model Developer HackerRank: Go Developer (Basic) Arctic Code Vault Contributor

Key Projects (github.com/Emperor42)

VENI

JavaScript library that automatically discovers and registers custom web elements without manual wiring; its optional Go demonstration is a guarded web crawler exercising the registry.

VICI

Browser-side helpers for cookie handling and WebCrypto-based encryption; its Go demonstration serves as a card editor consuming the encrypted session workflow.

VIDI

Front-end library that fetches database data as JSON or XML and renders it as escaped, paginated card views with CSV export.

VINI

Client-side library managing validated multi-step workflows with local persistence, lifecycle event hooks, and resumable progress across steps.

matteosalvatore.dev Portfolio

Responsive single-page CV website translated into three languages via manual dictionary, with client-side one-page resume PDF generation scraped from live DOM content, deployed on static hosting with no backend.