Zach Olson
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Peter Strom, EMBA
I hired Zach at Altia to cover our non-auto market on the west coast. Shortly after his start, we changed the strategy and asked Zach to cover a national medical vertical that required a much more complicated level of sales and travel. Zach stepped up to the challenge and generated exceptional results. He turned around several key, strategic customers and became a trusted adviser. He is well respected by customers, prospects and colleagues. I would hire him again in a heartbeat!
Kendall C.
Zach has been an amazing help with NanoCellect, speeding up our development time through his business and technical support for our resource-strapped startup. In our partnership with National Instruments, Zach has helped us transition to an NI sbRIO FPGA. In the course of just six months we ported our prototype and increased performance an order of magnitude, switching from from PSoC with an ARM processor to the sbRIO board. Based on the results of this project, NanoCellect and National Instruments presented our new prototype at the CYTO 2012 conference.
Charles Knapp
I have worked with Zach for a number of years in a variety of business situations. I have consistently found him to be technically gifted, excellent at understanding requirements for customer success, and able to navigate and fully leverage corporate and local resources to facilitate that success.
Peter Strom, EMBA
I hired Zach at Altia to cover our non-auto market on the west coast. Shortly after his start, we changed the strategy and asked Zach to cover a national medical vertical that required a much more complicated level of sales and travel. Zach stepped up to the challenge and generated exceptional results. He turned around several key, strategic customers and became a trusted adviser. He is well respected by customers, prospects and colleagues. I would hire him again in a heartbeat!
Kendall C.
Zach has been an amazing help with NanoCellect, speeding up our development time through his business and technical support for our resource-strapped startup. In our partnership with National Instruments, Zach has helped us transition to an NI sbRIO FPGA. In the course of just six months we ported our prototype and increased performance an order of magnitude, switching from from PSoC with an ARM processor to the sbRIO board. Based on the results of this project, NanoCellect and National Instruments presented our new prototype at the CYTO 2012 conference.
Charles Knapp
I have worked with Zach for a number of years in a variety of business situations. I have consistently found him to be technically gifted, excellent at understanding requirements for customer success, and able to navigate and fully leverage corporate and local resources to facilitate that success.
Peter Strom, EMBA
I hired Zach at Altia to cover our non-auto market on the west coast. Shortly after his start, we changed the strategy and asked Zach to cover a national medical vertical that required a much more complicated level of sales and travel. Zach stepped up to the challenge and generated exceptional results. He turned around several key, strategic customers and became a trusted adviser. He is well respected by customers, prospects and colleagues. I would hire him again in a heartbeat!
Kendall C.
Zach has been an amazing help with NanoCellect, speeding up our development time through his business and technical support for our resource-strapped startup. In our partnership with National Instruments, Zach has helped us transition to an NI sbRIO FPGA. In the course of just six months we ported our prototype and increased performance an order of magnitude, switching from from PSoC with an ARM processor to the sbRIO board. Based on the results of this project, NanoCellect and National Instruments presented our new prototype at the CYTO 2012 conference.
Charles Knapp
I have worked with Zach for a number of years in a variety of business situations. I have consistently found him to be technically gifted, excellent at understanding requirements for customer success, and able to navigate and fully leverage corporate and local resources to facilitate that success.
Peter Strom, EMBA
I hired Zach at Altia to cover our non-auto market on the west coast. Shortly after his start, we changed the strategy and asked Zach to cover a national medical vertical that required a much more complicated level of sales and travel. Zach stepped up to the challenge and generated exceptional results. He turned around several key, strategic customers and became a trusted adviser. He is well respected by customers, prospects and colleagues. I would hire him again in a heartbeat!
Kendall C.
Zach has been an amazing help with NanoCellect, speeding up our development time through his business and technical support for our resource-strapped startup. In our partnership with National Instruments, Zach has helped us transition to an NI sbRIO FPGA. In the course of just six months we ported our prototype and increased performance an order of magnitude, switching from from PSoC with an ARM processor to the sbRIO board. Based on the results of this project, NanoCellect and National Instruments presented our new prototype at the CYTO 2012 conference.
Charles Knapp
I have worked with Zach for a number of years in a variety of business situations. I have consistently found him to be technically gifted, excellent at understanding requirements for customer success, and able to navigate and fully leverage corporate and local resources to facilitate that success.
Credentials
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CustomerCentric Selling®
CustomerCentric SellingJun, 2015- Sep, 2024 -
LabVIEW Certified Developer
National InstrumentsNov, 2017- Sep, 2024
Experience
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EZ-TechStop LLC
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO
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Jan 2018 - Present
EZ-Techstop provides expertise in prototyping, test, automation, instrumentation, and control including LabVIEW development and Solidworks design by proven and certified developers. EZ-TechStop is experienced in dealing with systems, working in regulated environments with design control, and partnering with experts in other disciplines. In addition to providing solutions and expertise, EZ-TechStop can communicate technology internally and externally. EZ-Techstop provides expertise in prototyping, test, automation, instrumentation, and control including LabVIEW development and Solidworks design by proven and certified developers. EZ-TechStop is experienced in dealing with systems, working in regulated environments with design control, and partnering with experts in other disciplines. In addition to providing solutions and expertise, EZ-TechStop can communicate technology internally and externally.
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W5 Engineering
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Test Automation Partner
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Aug 2017 - Present
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W5 Test Solutions
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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Sales and Applications Engineer
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Jan 2018 - Jul 2020
I consult with my customers to help solve qualification and test problems leveraging proven solutions and partners. I represent leaders in the test industry serving aerospace, defense, medical, automotive, industrial, and commercial industries. W5 products and solutions include NVH/vibration, temperature/humidity, accelerated life testing, EV/Power electronic solutions, as well as automated electronic test at the component, board, unit and systems level. I consult with my customers to help solve qualification and test problems leveraging proven solutions and partners. I represent leaders in the test industry serving aerospace, defense, medical, automotive, industrial, and commercial industries. W5 products and solutions include NVH/vibration, temperature/humidity, accelerated life testing, EV/Power electronic solutions, as well as automated electronic test at the component, board, unit and systems level.
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Altran
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Australia
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Development Manager, Medical and Health
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Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
I help potential and existing clients to evaluate how they can best leverage outsourcing in the context of the domain, problem space, existing team and skill sets, and available budget. I make sure that our talented team is engaged and delivers to the technical objectives of the engagement. Examples include: - Product planning and requirements - Process assessment - Architecture, platform, and security - ID and UX - Product prototyping and breadboarding - Innovation around connectivity, data management, and analytics - Software and systems development - Verification - Test automation - Sustaining and Value Engineering The methodologies I employ are consulting, traditional waterfall development and Agile development leveraging both onshore and off-shore resources. Areas of experience include: - Connected health - Chronic disease management technologies - Infusion/Insulin pumps - Diagnostics - Lab equipment - Implantable devices - Image-guided and robotic surgery - Medical imaging - Laser surgical devices - Wearable health and diagnostics - EMR/Billing Show less
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Altia, Inc.
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United States
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Sales and Applications Engineering
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Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
- Helping companies deliver the most elegant GUIs in the least amount of time on the lowest cost embedded hardware - Provide expertise in rapid prototyping, validation, defect reduction, and total cost of ownership (TCO) - Provide technical consultation on rapid prototyping, collaborative design, and design for test of GUIs - Develop support plans to ensure success at key accounts - Develop key accounts by creating strategies to reduce time to market and validation costs of new products and product refreshes Show less
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National Instruments
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Retail Office Equipment
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Strategic Account Manager
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2013 - Feb 2015
- Manage a handful of key accounts providing technical consulting- Mentor team to provide world class support and service to Orange County- Reduce the cost of product quality- Provide rapid prototyping approaches to shorten development cycles and find design or manufacturing flaws earlier in the design cycle
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Life Sciences Embedded Segment Engineer
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Jun 2011 - Dec 2012
Accelerating Science, Medical Devices, and Life Sciences Instrumentation to Market by leveraging COTS hardware, IP, and rapid design tools. I'm looking for leaders in the market to partner with National Instruments to support customer needs. I'm also supporting key Life Sciences OEM customers throughout their life cycle.
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AUVSI
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Treasurer
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Jun 2009 - Dec 2010
I am the treasurer for the Greater LA chapter of AUVSI. This organization is focused on technology and education related to robotics and autonomous systems. I manage the finances for the organization including chapter meetings, fundraising, and academic outreach. I am the treasurer for the Greater LA chapter of AUVSI. This organization is focused on technology and education related to robotics and autonomous systems. I manage the finances for the organization including chapter meetings, fundraising, and academic outreach.
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Business Development - Embedded and Control
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Dec 2006 - Nov 2010
As a Business Development Manager for embedded and control accounts at National Instruments, I makes application recommendations for NI real-time and NI LabVIEW FPGA technologies in the areas of dynamic controls; advanced feedback control; system simulation in research modeling; control design and implementation; and control system validation and testing. I work with OEM customers to specify and implement commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) system controllers for rapid prototyping using a graphical system design approach to meet their unique requirements. Show less
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District Sales Manager
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Oct 2002 - Dec 2006
- Managed over 200 End User, OEM, and VAR Accounts in Orange County- Teamed with Senior District Sales Manager to grow Orange County territory by 50% over a 4 year period- Grew accounts in aerospace, defense, biomedical, defense, electronics, and communications industries- Taught Measurement and Automation to Orange County Technology Community through Training Seminars and LabVIEW and Automation User Group Meeting
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Applications Engineer
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Aug 2001 - Oct 2002
- Created Proof of Concept code for Test and Measurement Systems- Offered phone support to customers- Created online customer tutorial and knowledgebase documents
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University of Utah
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research and Teaching Assistant
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1999 - 2001
- Taught Pro/E and Design to Freshman Level Students - Wrote Grant Proposal on Sitting Standing Transporter Mobility Device - Researched Optimal Control Methods for Balancing Mechanism of Standing Sitting Trasporter - Taught Pro/E and Design to Freshman Level Students - Wrote Grant Proposal on Sitting Standing Transporter Mobility Device - Researched Optimal Control Methods for Balancing Mechanism of Standing Sitting Trasporter
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Upward Bound
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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Tutor/Counselor
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1997 - 1999
- Taught summer robotics class to high school students - Mentored and tutored high school students to prepare them for college entrance exams and college level courses - Taught summer robotics class to high school students - Mentored and tutored high school students to prepare them for college entrance exams and college level courses
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Tutor
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Jun 1995 - Jun 1997
Tutored Math and Science at the University of Utah Tutored Math and Science at the University of Utah
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Education
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1995 - 2001
University of Utah
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1995 - 2000
Salt Lake Community College
General Studies
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