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Matthew provided invaluable assistance to the Business Regulation & Enforcement Division of the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office with its charity registration system. Matthew delivered the first ever automated charities product on time and on budget.

The registration system exponentially improved staff productivity and eliminated the 30+ day backlog the division was experiencing at the time. Registrations can now be processed the same day.

12 years later, the product is still in use – an outstanding return on investment.

I can’t say enough good things about Matthew and his work.

I had the pleasure of working with Matthew on a number of innovation related projects while we were atMorrison.

Matthew was able to take very complex technology processes and make them simple and easy to understand for the team.

He was also able to energize and lead a team of technology professionals by helping them keep and eye on the vision and not get mired in the “roadblocks” that occur often in developing new products and services.

We would never have gotten as far as fast without his leadership, insight and energy.

I worked directly and indirectly with Matt through the development of a recipe/menu/nutrition tool for our operations.

Matt lead his team through many difficult challenges as the software was tailored to meet the needs of our operations.

The final product was user friendly as well as providing necessary data and reports for our business locations to do their jobs.

I would recommend Matt as he was a great listener as we defined the needs and was able to translate those needs into a highly functional program for the operations.

I’ve worked in many different offices, one doubled as an art museum with beautiful decor. With Matthew, we worked in a dingy basement. The environment couldn’t have been less appealing.

Yet in all my professional career as a developer, I never got more done, nor was I more satisfied with the work that I accomplished. I cherish and value the time I worked with Matthew in that dingy basement.

If your office has a sense of dread, be assured that Matthew can transform it by giving leadership processes that work, empowering employees to build their own sense of accomplishment, and infecting everyone with his passion for excellence

Matthew Hughes is an expert in transforming development organizations and drawing out the best performance from all of his team members.

I joined Matthew’s team as a documentation specialist with limited experience outside my technical writing role. Under Matthew’s leadership, I was able to expand my skillset by delving into business analysis, requirements gathering, and end user training.

Matt served as a mentor for each team member and inspired us to work harder AND smarter. He led the introduction of the Agile development process for our team while making sure that each team member had the tools and training that we needed to be successful.

It is my pleasure to endorse Matthew Hughes who has demonstrated an exemplary performance as a project manager and scrum master at Morrison Management Specialists, a member of The Compass Group.

Matthew possesses a tenacious ability to motivate his colleagues to work to their maximum potentials.

While effectively upholding principles under which our development process operates, Matthew is able to effectively meet the needs of his employees while using each employee’s talents and abilities to meet optimal results.

I made great leaps under Matthew’s leadership.

Matthew helped guide our steering committee with strategic decisions that helped grow our business based on the applications he designed, built, and modified…

Our department became known as a ‘Center of Excellence’ with his help.

Matthew identified processes that needed improvement and created concrete plans to iteratively improve those processes.

While he could have done this in an arrogant and authoritarian way, instead he was open to feedback from the entire department.

Matthew [is] highly skilled at leading and building cross-functional teams in order to accomplish strategic business objectives.

His ability to organize stakeholders with divergent priorities and focus them on achieving attainable organizational goals is admirable.

Matthew works hard to understand a person’s strengths and gains the person’s trust by engaging himself into conversation regarding inside and outside of work life. Trust between team members is one of the key factors for the success of a project and Matthew knows how to achieve it.

Matthew holds the characteristics of a true leadership. Under Matthew’s leadership, it will be hard for a team to fail in the project. Because of Matthew’s unique leadership, success is inevitable.

It’s rare that you come across a standout talent like Matt. I had the pleasure of working for Matt for two years. I was always in awe of Matt’s ability to engage team members in candid feedback and take action to initiate real change. He is very passionate about his work and maintaining collaborative relationships…

I highly recommend working with an open-minded manager such as Matthew who sees that every problem has a solution.

I have known Matthew for many years now and I have worked with him in various capacities: both at work and outside of work.

He is a great person who you can count on to get the job done right. Matthew makes it his mission to understand the business and the end users he supports. It is that customer-focus that makes him such a tremendous asset to MMS. I have tremendous respect for him and would gladly work with him any time.