Zan Thrash

Zan Thrash

I18N Engineer at Pearson VUE

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Current
  • I18N Engineer at Pearson VUE
  • Principal Software Developer at Thrash Consulting
Past
Education
  • University of Saint Thomas
  • University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Connections
77 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Zan Thrash’s Summary

Software developer focused on customer communication and providing working software that meets their needs and is easy to maintain in the long run. My goals are to use tools and practices that allow me do my job better, and provide software to my customer faster.

Zan Thrash’s Specialties:

agile practices, SCRUM project management, test-driven development, Java, Ruby, Groovy, Grails, Rails, agile mentoring, domain-driven design, object-oriented programming


Zan Thrash’s Experience

  • I18N Engineer

    Pearson VUE

    (Public Company; PSO; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2009Present (3 months)

    Building a framework to internationalize/localize all Pearson Vue applications.

  • Principal Software Developer

    Thrash Consulting

    (Computer Software industry)

    November 2008Present (1 year 1 month)

    Focusing on making better software, faster.

  • Groovy/Grails Developer

    Refactr LLC

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2008August 2009 (10 months)

  • Sr Java Developer

    University of Minnesota

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    September 2006November 2008 (2 years 3 months)

  • Sr. Java Developer

    National Marrow Donor Program

    (Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    February 2006October 2006 (9 months)

  • Software Developer

    Carlson Wagonlit Travel

    (Computer Software industry)

    March 2001February 2006 (5 years )

  • Avaya Sys Admin

    IntelliRisk Management

    (Computer Software industry)

    20002001 (1 year )


Zan Thrash’s Education

  • University of Saint Thomas

    MS Software Engineering , 20032006

  • University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

    BS , Housing Economics , 19941998


Additional Information

Zan Thrash’s Websites:

Zan Thrash’s Groups:

Agile Alliance
Groovy Users of Minnesota (GUM)
Object Technology Users Group (OTUG)

  •    Agile Alliance
  •    Grails User Group
  •    Groovy User Group
  •    University of St. Thomas Alumni Group ( St. Paul, Minnesota)
  •    OTUG
  •    Area Startups
  •    Minnesota Java Professionals
  •    Minneapolis | Area Startups

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