“I’ve worked with Matt at two companies.  At each company, Matt excelled at his position and his natural leadership made him a key member of his team.

Matt is always a step ahead of the game.  He makes sure his decisions are in line with the long-term objectives and goals.  His thoroughness and level of detail is unmatched.  His forward thinking is great and saves time and effort for the entire team.”

“I had the absolute honor of working with Matt Marasch at Calabrio. He even reported to me for a brief time. Here’s what I learned about Matt and what I want to share with you, the reader. First, Matt will roll up his sleeves and root out the problem. He’s very bright and experienced. He’s the expert every technology leader should hire. Second, Matt will explain his thought process, findings, and recommendations with clear, accessible language. He’s the expert every technology leader will grow to trust. Lastly, Matt will make you smile. He’s multi-dimensional, creative, and caring. Matt is very self-aware and eager to help and learn. He’s the expert every technology team will welcome.

I would recommend Matt again and again for his experience and professionalism.”

“I highly recommend Matt Marasch as a member of any team looking to design, optimize, or troubleshoot SQL systems. I worked with Matt on several client-facing projects that depended on performant and highly-available SQL systems. As a member of a cross-functional team, Matt partnered with representation from several teams including Engineering, InfoSecurity, and Infrastructure. His data-first approach to the problems we faced helped break down barriers between groups when we were unable to immediately come up with an approach to a problem. I was personally impressed with his depth of knowledge in the platforms that he works with, being able to go down to the internals of the system like the number of CPU instructions certain operations required or the way that queries needed to be optimized specifically for a virtualized environment. This knowledge was crucial at the scale and demand that we were working at, and we were able to consistently deliver successful solutions to many different projects because of it.

Matt is highly professional and motivated, and was universally respected across the teams that I managed. He is calm and collected, easy to work with, and is able to routinely be successful in high-pressure situations even at off-hours and directly in front of clients. Matt is the first person I consider when I need someone to manage any SQL needs on a project.”

“It has been my pleasure to work with Matt on a mix of projects, upkeep, and support-related tasks. He is a great listener and is keen to understand the problem at hand and how he can contribute. I have enjoyed developing with Matt because he has great domain expertise and is energized by complex processes.

On one particular project we were tasked with extending the scope of data delivery while improving performance as much as we could in the project timeframe. Matt was able to reduce database CPU, disk IO, and network load. This was accomplished by shifting data transformation and static lookups from the DB to the app layer, utilization of SQL Server memory optimized tables, and parallel query execution. The result to our customer was the additional data delivery 3 times faster.”

“Matt played a role of a lead data architect while working at T-Chek. He has a broad knowledge of SQL server architecture/internals, SQL server administration, development and many admirable soft skills that helped him to excel at his position at T-Chek. His experience and vast knowledge influenced many project decisions. Furthermore, his attention to detail and ability to foresee issues helped us avoid many defects and improve the quality of the product.

Last but not least, he was a very good team player that always listened to others, and did an outstanding job of mentoring fellow developers and leadership.”