Zach graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics in 2013. He has worked for a number of companies both as a FTE and consultant/contractor, and specializes in web applications, mobile applications, distributed systems, and software systems engineering. His main languages of choice are Python and Java, but has experience working on systems in JavaScript, Ruby, Groovy, and Scala as well.

He currently works for Braze (formerly known as Appboy) as a Senior Software Engineer, working with technology like Ruby, Rails, Sidekiq, MongoDB, and more!