Zac Brown

Past

• Systems Administrator and Research Programmer at University of Miami - Dept. of Biology
• SDET Intern - Windows Audio at Microsoft
• Research Assistant and Programmer at University of Miami - Dept. of Computer Science

• Software Engineer Intern at Google
• Research Assistant at University of Miami - Dept. of Biology
• Programmer at University of Miami - Department of Information Technology
• Computer Technician at The Legacy Group Incorporated

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Education

• University of Miami

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Zac Brown’s Summary

I am studying Computer Science & Mathematics at the University of Miami. My primary goals as a developer are making the lives of other developers easier through more robust operating systems, compilers and programming languages, debugging tools and developer tools in general.

I will be graduating in the Fall of 2009. In February 2010, I will start with Microsoft Corp. as an SDET with the Windows Team.

Zac Brown’s Specialties:

systems and applications programming, bioinformatics programming, system administration

Zac Brown’s Experience

• Systems Administrator and Research Programmer

  University of Miami - Dept. of Biology

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2007 — October 2009 (2 years 6 months)

  I manage an Apple XServe cluster for use in Biological and/or Ecological research. Responsibilities include system maintenance, assisting faculty in their research goals by providing insight into designing software to utilize the cluster and general computer support from a research aspect.

• SDET Intern - Windows Audio

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  May 2009 — August 2009 (4 months)

  I had two main responsbilities for my internship: 1) debug a Bluetooth A2DP driver for use in Bluetooth Audio testing and 2) design and implement a framework for manipulating two machines in a test setup.

• Research Assistant and Programmer

  University of Miami - Dept. of Computer Science

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2008 — May 2009 (10 months)

  I design software to analyze genomes of organisms to create profiles that can be used as signature for determining unknown genomic data. These techniques involve multi-threading to increase performance as well as clever algorithm design to save time.

• Software Engineer Intern

  Google

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

  May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)

  Work done is primarily with the Wine Project, an open source solution for running Windows applications natively on Linux/Mac/BSD.
  
  Primary language used in this work is C and my focal point has been work in winhttp, shell32, and a little ntdll work.

• Research Assistant

  University of Miami - Dept. of Biology

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  April 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  Developed computational software for modeling biological and ecological systems. Specific models developed were for transfer of vector-borne disease in mosquitoes (eg: Malaria, Dengue, West Nile) and tree population diversity.

• Programmer

  University of Miami - Department of Information Technology

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2007 — May 2007 (5 months)

  Developed applications for managing and processing documents within the University. Produced documentation for position and created a manual for use of other employees.

• Computer Technician

  The Legacy Group Incorporated

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)

  September 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 1 month)

  Managed and administrated computer systems for private firm of financial planners. Day to day activities included server maintenance, desktop support, and database design.

Zac Brown’s Education

• University of Miami

  Bachelors of Science , Computer Science, Mathematics , 2006 — 2010 (expected)

  Activities and Societies:

  ACM, IEEE, Engineering World Health

Additional Information

Zac Brown’s Websites:

• My Website

Zac Brown’s Interests:

programming languages, operating systems, distributed systems, compilers, virtual machines, mathematics, music, books, brazilian jiu jitsu, martial arts, cooking, hiking

Zac Brown’s Groups:

IEEE, ACM

Zac Brown’s Honors:

Foote Fellow, President's List, Provost's List, Dean's List, Bowman Ashe Scholarship, Lockheed Martin Vought Heritage Management Association Scholarship

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