# Matthew Perez — Resume

Matthew Perez is a Forward Deployed Engineer: 20 years of client-facing video production (T-Mobile, broadcast, B2B) combined with a portfolio of self-built, production AWS web applications shipped solo: full-stack engineering, CDK infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and client-facing communication as one job.

## Experience

### AI Tooling & Process Engineer (stretch assignment), T-Mobile (2025 – present)
Location: Bellevue, WA

- Self-initiated stretch assignment alongside the senior video producer role: designs, builds, and operates the team's production AI systems, delivered entirely within enterprise IT constraints (no admin rights, managed hardware, restricted egress).
- Designed and shipped a production multi-lane LLM job system that non-technical teammates drive by dropping files into a shared folder: a stdlib-only Python supervisor (~720 lines) with a durable filesystem queue, WAL-mode SQLite ledger, two isolated worker lanes, crash recovery, and a 7-scenario sandbox test harness.
- Root-caused a silent-failure class in headless LLM orchestration (API errors surfacing with exit code 0, delivering error text to users as if it were real output); built envelope-error detection that converts these into legible failed jobs, locked in with a regression test.
- Replaced a discontinued paid captioning and voiceover vendor with a fully offline speech service (Whisper speech-to-text plus Kokoro ONNX text-to-speech) running on managed enterprise hardware with no cloud dependency and no per-user install.
- Authored two Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers integrating LLMs with Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro: TypeScript, Zod-validated schemas, file-based IPC to a CEP/ExtendScript runtime, with 43 tools validated against a live Premiere session.
- Designed a no-inbound-connection integration pattern adopted across 4+ agent projects: a host that polls SharePoint and replies via Power Automate, delivering agent workflows within enterprise egress restrictions and platform limits.
- Built and distributed an agentic chief-of-staff assistant adopted by colleagues, maintained through 4+ release cycles; its SME-review agent caught 2 critical defects on a live training deck before publication.
- Added a provenance layer to every AI job: SHA-256 hashes of inputs and outputs, prompt hash, and model ID recorded per job for auditability.

### Sr. Video Producer / Instructional Designer, T-Mobile (June 2018 – present)
Location: Bellevue, WA

- One-man-band video producer for T-Mobile for Business: writes, lights, shoots, and edits video supporting business sales and operations for a 3,500+ person national sales organization.
- Built the business division's video studio from the ground up, including gear, computer equipment, and commercial-grade quick-turn delivery.
- Nominated for Winners Circle and PEAK Achievement awards in first year; selected for and graduated the NXTLVL management training program.
- Pandemic pivot: built a remote studio and trained field personnel and executives to film themselves effectively.
- Trained two video producers and an intern in editorial and motion-graphics best practices; currently mentoring three junior producers.
- Cross-functional alignment with department heads (Sales, Training, Product, Engineering, PM, Business Analysis, Marketing) and executive leadership, with data-driven iteration on video performance.
- Integrated AI tools into the video production pipeline (writing, storyboarding, concepting, editing workflows) starting in 2024, the on-ramp to the AI engineering stretch assignment above.

### Lead Video Producer / Creative Program Manager, The Garrigan Lyman Group (November 2013 – June 2018)
Location: Seattle, WA

- Owned scoping, budgeting, scheduling, and executive production for all agency video projects from pitch to delivery, spanning broadcast, social, web, B2B, and live formats.
- Taco Del Mar brand revitalization: produced ten broadcast spots. Stores in the media-buy territory saw a 50% attendance surge, social engagement rose 450%, and website traffic doubled; won Best Restaurant Social Media Campaign at IAC 2017.
- Babolat 'Jack Sock for President' social campaign: produced the video series, which drove a large social response with sports and ad press mentions and became the most cost-efficient ad spend in the agency's 16-year Babolat relationship.
- Managed internal and freelance resourcing for GLG Studio, the agency's award-winning in-house production arm; wrote all video SOWs, estimates, and RFP responses, and negotiated vendor and stock-licensing rates.
- 360-degree video / VR consultant for the agency, serving as DP, editor, animator, and writer as team needs required.

### Owner / Producer / Director, Solid State Media (2008 – 2013)
Location: Seattle, WA + Los Angeles, CA

- Founded and ran a corporate video production company, with clients including Microsoft, Nordstrom, and Seattle University.
- Built and scaled a freelance-artist roster to match production demands of any size.

### Producer / DP / Editor, Freelance (2006 – 2013)
Location: Los Angeles, CA + Seattle, WA

- Director of Photography for corporate and small-business clients, shooting DSLR, RED, Alexa, and Super16.
- Editor and motion-graphics artist for hire (Avid, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, After Effects); day player in G&E and camera departments on short and feature films in Hollywood; rental agent and warehouse tech at a North Hollywood G&E rental house.
- VMG/Studio 520 (Bellevue, 2012-13): producer/PM managing 30-40 concurrent creative projects for Microsoft, Verizon, T-Mobile, Intel, and AMD.

## Education

- Certificate of Immersion: Cinematography (major) / Editing (minor), Los Angeles Film School (2006-2007)
- B.A., English Language & Creative Writing, University of Washington (2002-2006)

Full site: https://matthewperez.com