Matt Hisamoto

Flash, like Latin: long dead, but the root of Matt’s career. An NC State animation grad, he started out programming games in ActionScript and still brings an animator’s restlessness and a tinkerer’s curiosity to every project.

Now he digs into how a business ticks, then builds what it needs, from the CMS under the hood to a front end that moves. Nearly 20 years on, modern tools are finally almost as good as Flash. His two boys are his best work yet.