# Zach J.

> Software Developer at Weiss Asset Management

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/zachj

Software Engineer passionate about delivering quality solutions, improving internal processes, and developing the skills of my teammates.  Fluent in .NET and Microsoft SQL.  Recently focused on API development in the Microsoft stack, system design, training, project management, and learning React.

## Work Experience
### Software Developer @ Weiss Asset Management
Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Internet/Web Engineer II @ Cambridge Health Alliance
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater Boston Area
1. New system design and development
 - New feature development, security enhancements, UI/UX design (via Bootstrap), and refactoring of a C#.NET 4.8 web application
 - Increased velocity and reliability by creating a build pipeline (Bitbucket + Jenkins + Octopus Deploy) in a hybrid GCP cloud and on-premise environment

2. Team development
 - Championed and accelerated adoption of source control.  Trained colleagues on usage of Git, maintained on-premise Bitbucket
 - Created coding exercises and co-led interviews to fill vacant engineering position

3. Legacy system support
 - Troubleshooting and maintenance on ~50 ASP Classic + VB Script applications and SQL Server databases
 - Responsive customer support and triaging along with DBAs, desktop support, and Systems groups

### Software Engineer @ TestOil
Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 | Strongsville, Oh
Primary focuses fall into three categories: individual contributions, team development, and project management

1. Individual Contributor: APIs, databases, web applications
    - Designed, implemented, and supported a REST API with custom authorization using .NET Core and Entity Framework. 
    - Designed, implemented, and supported an ETL and reporting system in .NET 4.5 with Kendo UI controls.  Managed the work of a contractor on the project.
    - Migrated customer portal from ASP Classic and PHP to .Net 4 Web Forms, backed by SQL stored procedures.  Learned about and implemented a layered architecture.  Provided guidance to a junior developer and a contractor as they worked on the project.  
    - Responsible for deployments and level 2 support for all internal and external software systems.

2. Team Development: Training, process improvements, workshops
    - Championed department-wide migration from no source control → TFS → GIT (via BitBucket).  Developed internal tutorials, presented learning sessions, trained colleagues in the new tools and practices.
    - Created and presented many internal workshops on topics including coding style and architecture (SOLID principles, design patterns, code linting, etc.), and source control practices (GIT tutorials and branching strategies).
    - Enrolled in online nanodegree to learn React, Redux, and React Native. 

3. Project Management: Sprint planning, project proposals, interns and contractors
    - Created statements of work, project charters, process flow maps, Gantt charts, and executive summaries to deliver projects and products on time.
    - Assisted IT Director in sprint planning, time estimation, and administrating our project management tools (Jira).
    - Managed the work of a summer intern to take a data export API from prototype to finished product.  This included weekly check ins, scheduling, and coordinating their work within the department.

### .NET Developer @ Safeguard Properties
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Brooklyn Hts, Oh
- Design, maintain and enhance .NET applications used by contractors
- Web front-end development using jQuery/AJAX and .NET MVC
- Oracle database development, building tables and procedures
- Team of 5 developers using TFS and some agile methodologies (scrum, kanban)
- Upgrading existing architecture to deliver new features
- Service bus architecture

### Web Architecture Intern @ The J.M. Smucker Company
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Orrville, Ohio
- Design, develop, and maintain consumer facing websites and web applications.
- Maintenance and development of several large public web services.
- Maintain product, recipe, and consumer data and databases.
- Develop social media integration with websites.
- 40+ websites and 750+ domain names including smuckers.com, pillsburybaking.com, crisco.com, folgers.com, etc.
- Implemented solutions instrumental in saving the company nearly $500k within six months of work

### IT assistant @ Farmers State Bank
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Ashland, Ohio
- Assisted in the maintenance and development of hardware systems and network capability
- Configured and customized workstations for specific roles, from tellers to branch managers
- Deployed and supported industry-specific software 
- Developed customized documentation for both configuration and business usage of workstations throughout the company
- Responsible for the expansion and implementation of in-branch marketing systems using new technology and hardware, trained management in the use of said technology.

### Help Desk @ AsTec
Jan 2004 – Jan 2009


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science
The University of Akron


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/desktop-hero
- GitHub: https://github.com/zachjohnston
- Portfolio: https://stackoverflow.com/story/zachjohnston

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Last updated: 2026-04-10