Zach Leatherman

Education

• University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, NE
  Aug 2001 to May 2006
  Bachelor of Science, with a Major in Computer Engineering and Minor in Mathematics
  • Cumulative 3.492 out of 4 GPA
  • Cumulative 3.528 out of 4 GPA in courses for Major
  • Related Course Work: Semantic Web, Computer Architecture, Data Structures and Algorithms, Database Systems, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Cryptography and Security, GUI and Unix Programming, Operating Systems and Kernels
• Engineering Study Abroad Program
  Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
  May 2005
  Studies in Brazilian Culture and the Portuguese Language

Professional Experience

• Front End Architect for Union Pacific Railroad Co.
  Omaha, NE
  Jul 2008 to Present
  Lead developer and support team for the standard User Interface framework used on all new web projects at the company. Managing 4 separate code branches and over 30 different released versions, this project is used by hundreds of developers company-wide.
• Front End Engineer for Union Pacific Railroad Co.
  Omaha, NE
  Jun 2006 to Jul 2008
  User Interface development for three internal projects, one of which receives approximately 15 million hits per month. Developed ANT build process for automated deployment including CSS and JS minimization. Utilizing full front end testing suite, including a DSL for generating Selenium tests, JSUnit tests, JSLint code checking, and cross browser logging using log4javascript.
• Java Development Intern for Interact Incorporated
  Lincoln, NE
  Feb to May 2006
  Bug fixing for a customer service application written in Java.
• Software Engineering Intern for The New Media Center
  Lincoln, NE
  Aug 2004 to Jan 2006
  Maintained and developed University Inventory Auction Site using PHP Auction. Developed a simple CMS and proprietary MVC Framework for standardization of internal projects.
• Web Site Monitor for Sandhills Publishing
  Lincoln, NE
  Sep 2002 to Mar 2005
  Ensure the Sandhills server farm operated properly.

Honors and Activities

• Web 3.0, 6 Bladed Razors, 7 Minute Abs Web Development Blog Feb 2007 to Present
• Omaha Startup Weekend Member of two winning teams. Mar 2010 Sep 2010
• Ajaxian.com Two published articles. Jul 2007 Aug 2008
• Ajax World Attendee at Web Development Conference Oct 2006
• College of Engineering Deans List Spring 2005
• Autonomous LAN Party Dec 2003 to Aug 2004
  Lead developer for an Open Source PHP Project passed to a new development team, and still in use worldwide.

Tools and Languages

• JavaScript (including JSON, jQuery, YUI, Tibco's General Interface , mootools)
• PHP 4/5 (including Zend Framework)
• MySQL (and with Propel, a PHP ORM tool)
• X/HTML
• CSS
• XML (SOAP, WSDL, XML Schema)
• XSLT (Client and Server)
• ANT
• Java (JSF, Facelets, Ajax4JSF, Wicket)
• Common LISP
• MIPS Assembly