Zachary Bennett
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Ryan Tracy
I very much recommend Zach. He is highly driven to do a good job and is dedicated to knowing the domain knowledge of front end web based technologies. He is team oriented and works to better the outcomes of the projects he works on in a well rounded way. If given the chance to work with Zach again I would definitely do so.
Jesse Lott
Zach Bennett is, in my opinion, the top performer in a class that is filled to the brim with stellar performers. His motto is "Passion for People, Passion for Code" and there is no truer assessment that could be made about him. From day one, he worked harder than any person in the class and he has the evidence to back that up on his GitHub. I am in awe of this man's work ethic and I know that he will realize every dream that he has due to this quality. He works harder, learns faster, and accomplishes goals better than anyone that I've ever been in contact with in twenty years in the military. While learning and mastering what seems to be an insurmountable amount of information to someone like me; I noticed that he still took the time to lend his skills to help other people who needed it. He touched a lot of people within our class, myself included, and absolutely inspired me to immerse myself into the material. I owe a lot of the success that I have just by trying to emulate him. I said a lot about Zach in the preceding paragraphs, but I haven't even touched on his defining qualities yet. He is humble, selfless and an consummate team player. He is a great developer because he is a great person first. I don't know much about the company that was fortunate enough to hire him, but I believe that the value added by a man like him will resonate throughout his new organization just as it has in our class. He is an influential. talented young man who can accomplish anything that he sets his mind to. I count myself privileged to have met him during our time in the course and know that he will do many great things in this field for years to come.
Ryan Tracy
I very much recommend Zach. He is highly driven to do a good job and is dedicated to knowing the domain knowledge of front end web based technologies. He is team oriented and works to better the outcomes of the projects he works on in a well rounded way. If given the chance to work with Zach again I would definitely do so.
Jesse Lott
Zach Bennett is, in my opinion, the top performer in a class that is filled to the brim with stellar performers. His motto is "Passion for People, Passion for Code" and there is no truer assessment that could be made about him. From day one, he worked harder than any person in the class and he has the evidence to back that up on his GitHub. I am in awe of this man's work ethic and I know that he will realize every dream that he has due to this quality. He works harder, learns faster, and accomplishes goals better than anyone that I've ever been in contact with in twenty years in the military. While learning and mastering what seems to be an insurmountable amount of information to someone like me; I noticed that he still took the time to lend his skills to help other people who needed it. He touched a lot of people within our class, myself included, and absolutely inspired me to immerse myself into the material. I owe a lot of the success that I have just by trying to emulate him. I said a lot about Zach in the preceding paragraphs, but I haven't even touched on his defining qualities yet. He is humble, selfless and an consummate team player. He is a great developer because he is a great person first. I don't know much about the company that was fortunate enough to hire him, but I believe that the value added by a man like him will resonate throughout his new organization just as it has in our class. He is an influential. talented young man who can accomplish anything that he sets his mind to. I count myself privileged to have met him during our time in the course and know that he will do many great things in this field for years to come.
Ryan Tracy
I very much recommend Zach. He is highly driven to do a good job and is dedicated to knowing the domain knowledge of front end web based technologies. He is team oriented and works to better the outcomes of the projects he works on in a well rounded way. If given the chance to work with Zach again I would definitely do so.
Jesse Lott
Zach Bennett is, in my opinion, the top performer in a class that is filled to the brim with stellar performers. His motto is "Passion for People, Passion for Code" and there is no truer assessment that could be made about him. From day one, he worked harder than any person in the class and he has the evidence to back that up on his GitHub. I am in awe of this man's work ethic and I know that he will realize every dream that he has due to this quality. He works harder, learns faster, and accomplishes goals better than anyone that I've ever been in contact with in twenty years in the military. While learning and mastering what seems to be an insurmountable amount of information to someone like me; I noticed that he still took the time to lend his skills to help other people who needed it. He touched a lot of people within our class, myself included, and absolutely inspired me to immerse myself into the material. I owe a lot of the success that I have just by trying to emulate him. I said a lot about Zach in the preceding paragraphs, but I haven't even touched on his defining qualities yet. He is humble, selfless and an consummate team player. He is a great developer because he is a great person first. I don't know much about the company that was fortunate enough to hire him, but I believe that the value added by a man like him will resonate throughout his new organization just as it has in our class. He is an influential. talented young man who can accomplish anything that he sets his mind to. I count myself privileged to have met him during our time in the course and know that he will do many great things in this field for years to come.
Ryan Tracy
I very much recommend Zach. He is highly driven to do a good job and is dedicated to knowing the domain knowledge of front end web based technologies. He is team oriented and works to better the outcomes of the projects he works on in a well rounded way. If given the chance to work with Zach again I would definitely do so.
Jesse Lott
Zach Bennett is, in my opinion, the top performer in a class that is filled to the brim with stellar performers. His motto is "Passion for People, Passion for Code" and there is no truer assessment that could be made about him. From day one, he worked harder than any person in the class and he has the evidence to back that up on his GitHub. I am in awe of this man's work ethic and I know that he will realize every dream that he has due to this quality. He works harder, learns faster, and accomplishes goals better than anyone that I've ever been in contact with in twenty years in the military. While learning and mastering what seems to be an insurmountable amount of information to someone like me; I noticed that he still took the time to lend his skills to help other people who needed it. He touched a lot of people within our class, myself included, and absolutely inspired me to immerse myself into the material. I owe a lot of the success that I have just by trying to emulate him. I said a lot about Zach in the preceding paragraphs, but I haven't even touched on his defining qualities yet. He is humble, selfless and an consummate team player. He is a great developer because he is a great person first. I don't know much about the company that was fortunate enough to hire him, but I believe that the value added by a man like him will resonate throughout his new organization just as it has in our class. He is an influential. talented young man who can accomplish anything that he sets his mind to. I count myself privileged to have met him during our time in the course and know that he will do many great things in this field for years to come.
Credentials
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LFD259: Kubernetes for Developers
The Linux FoundationMar, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Predictive Modeling Using Logistic Regression
SASMar, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
SAS Certified Statistical Business Analyst Using SAS 9: Regression and Modeling
SASMar, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Statistics 1: Introduction to ANOVA, Regression, and Logistic Regression
SASMar, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4
SASJan, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
SAS Programming 1: Essentials
SASDec, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Graphite and Grafana: Visualizing Application Performance
Lynda.comMar, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
HTML5 and CSS3 Specialist
CIWcertifiedDec, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
User Interface Designer
CIWcertifiedNov, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
MCSA: Web Applications
MicrosoftJan, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
MS: Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications
MicrosoftJan, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
MS: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3
MicrosoftJan, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional
MicrosoftDec, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
MS: Programming in C#
MicrosoftDec, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
MTA: HTML5 Application Development Fundamentals
MicrosoftDec, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
MTA: Software Development Fundamentals
MicrosoftAug, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
CompTIA Project+
CompTIAAug, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
CompTIA A+ 220-901/220-902
CompTIAOct, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
Amazon Web ServicesApr, 2018- Nov, 2024
Experience
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OpalSoft
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Software Developer
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Jun 2021 - Present
Scala Rust C/C++ Python Kubernetes Docker Helm Angular/TypeScript React Node Microservices Scala Rust C/C++ Python Kubernetes Docker Helm Angular/TypeScript React Node Microservices
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Pluralsight
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Course Author
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Jun 2020 - Present
Author of 45+ guides and 8 video courses on various software engineering topics including Rust, C, C++, Python, Kubernetes, Angular, React, Clojure and PostgreSQL. https://app.pluralsight.com/profile/author/zachary-bennett Author of 45+ guides and 8 video courses on various software engineering topics including Rust, C, C++, Python, Kubernetes, Angular, React, Clojure and PostgreSQL. https://app.pluralsight.com/profile/author/zachary-bennett
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Springboard
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineering Mentor
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Apr 2020 - Apr 2022
On a weekly basis, I mentor students that are on the Software Engineering Career Track. On a weekly basis, I mentor students that are on the Software Engineering Career Track.
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VMware
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Software/ML Engineer
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Sep 2019 - May 2021
Senior Software/ML Engineer on the DICE (Data-Integrated Customer Engagement) Application Experience with creating machine learning models and pipelines with a focus on classification problems. I created a machine learning pipeline used to help forecast business opportunities. Machine Learning Tech: Tensorflow Pandas Numpy Sci-kit Learn Recursive Feature Elimination PCA Logistic Regression Decision Trees Machine Learning Operations - MLflow Software Development Tech: PostgreSQL Node Python TypeScript Angular Redis Bash Show less
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OpalSoft
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer
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May 2018 - Nov 2019
I worked on the entire stack from frontend to backend to DevOps and was focused on building a suite of GIS-related applications and services for the U.S. Navy. I also worked on internal CLI tooling and user-interfaces. I was using the following technologies in a microservices architecture: Backend: Scala Node Cassandra Kafka Spark GeoServer GeoMesa GeoTrellis Graphite StatsD Frontend: Angular/TypeScript LESS Selenium/Protractor Web Components, Angular Elements Cesium Leaflet Grafana DevOps: Docker Docker-Compose Envoy Ansible Jenkins As a part of this project, I also contributed a lot to the open-source Angular library - angular-cesium Show less
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DeVine Consulting, Inc.
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer
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Mar 2017 - May 2018
Was a member of a rapid-deployment team responsible for quickly developing software applications which showcase the unique science that is collected and processed by the Monterey Naval Research Lab. ● Developed/Architected a NodeJS micro-service that provides an API for requesting real-time weather forecast imagery via Web Map Service (WMS) and various other protocols ● Extensive use of JavaScript testing frameworks/libraries including Jest, Mocha, Chai and Enzyme ● Produced production/development builds using Webpack and Gulp ● Designed data models and schemas for MongoDB ● Deployed and managed Amazon Web Services EC2 instances ● Deployed production and development Docker environments ● User Interface development using React, Redux, HTML5, CSS3 and SCSS ● Maintained/Refactored a client-side web application built with Angular.js and OpenLayers ● Created an interactive client-side web application with Javascript and the Leaflet map client. ● Used Perl/Shell scripts to help automate the development process for team members ● Created API endpoints and scripts to request and parse KML files using Python and Flask ● Contributed extensive amounts of documentation to project modules using JSDoc Show less
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US Army
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United States
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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Paratrooper
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Oct 2013 - Feb 2017
Successful graduate of Army Airborne School Successful graduate of Special Forces Assessment & Selection (SFAS) Communicated effectively in numerous high-stress environments Managed the communication assets for a team of over 30 personnel and directed the maintenance and utilization of over $100,000 of digital/satellite communication equipment Maintained 100% accountability of more than $100,000 of communication equipment across multiple austere training environments Provided exemplary upkeep and repair of various types of next generation communication systems Trained and instructed a team of over 30 personnel in radio communication Show less
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Education
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Western Governors University
Master of Science - MS, Data Analytics -
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Software Development -
Microsoft Software & Systems Academy
Technical Training Program, Cloud Application Developer -
Free Code Camp
Front-End/Back-End Web Development