Matt Childs
                        
						                        Matt Childs is currently a vice president with Integrity Solutions Inc.,  one of Alaska's leading custom software development companies. Matt is  responsible for overseeing all in-house development, and over the past  year has done work with the State of Alaska and Alaska's two largest  telecommunications companies. Matt has worked in the information technology  field for the past nine years. He has been a Visual Basic programmer since  Visual Basic 3. Matt spent most of his initial career working for a large  transportation company as an information technology manager, where he  developed custom software solutions and systems integration  for the company's largest clients. Matt has industry experience with utilities;  express transportation; and chemical, petroleum, and retail companies.  In the winter, Matt spends his free time with his telescope, and during the  long Alaska summer days, he enjoys playing softball and spending time with  his family. Matt, his wife LeAndra and their daughter Meghan recently  returned to Anchorage, Alaska, after spending some time in the southern  United States. Matt is also a fiction writer and a freelance journalist.