Email: zach at zachjohnson.net • www.zachjohnson.net • pdf format also available

SOFTWARE
PROJECTS
Promptu Launcher (www.promptulauncher.com), started January 2009
A free application launcher program designed to increase user productivity. Inspired by SlickRun / Launchy, but created to be more powerful and versatile
  • Hundreds of users worldwide in the US, Germany, UK, Brazil, and many other countries
  • Features include:
    • Opens files, websites, or programs when custom keyword shortcuts are invoked
    • Automatically maintains and synchronizes lists of commands between Promptu users and computers with intelligent conflict resolution
    • An expression processor and compiler that enables commands to take parameters and execute and use results from external .NET code
    • An API for plugins to extend the functionality of Promptu
  • Based on C#, WPF, .NET Framework 4.0, and Win32 API
  • More than 128,000 lines of code, 1100 classes, and over 1000 hours of work so far

System Visualizer, started May 2008
A user interface framework for modeling complex engineering systems, initially targeted for the oil and gas industry
  • Features include:
    • Drag and drop system components on a canvas and set component properties
    • Run scenarios on the engineering system and import/export model data from Excel
    • Plugin API to interact with internal object model that understands the interconnection of the system components
  • Based on C#, Winforms, .NET Framework 2.0, Win32 API, and Excel Interop
  • More than 40,000 lines of code, 380 classes, and over 500 hours of work
WORK
EXPERIENCE
Software Development Engineer Intern, June 2011 – September 2011
Microsoft, Parallel Computing Platform Team, Redmond, WA
  • Worked on a classified project to help enable developers to leverage the processing power of GPUs in parallel computing applications

Tutor under Rick Ord, January 2011 – present
UC San Diego Computer Science Department, San Diego, CA
  • Responsibilities include holding open lab hours to assist students in conceptual and computational problems, grading programming assignments/exams, and leading discussion sections

Junior Software Development Engineer, June 2008 – August 2010 (three summers)
Chevron Global Manufacturing (contractor), El Segundo, CA
  • Began working as a contractor through my Dad’s company at age 15, and developed software to support Chevron’s process engineering group
  • Used my software product (System Visualizer) and created a plugin to model complex heat exchanger networks
  • Developed software to interface with an internal IT cost reporting web application and automate the sending of email messages to users based on their consumption of IT resources
  • Created software that generates HTML/JavaScript pages to track visitor statistics for internal company publications. Also included building a PDF page navigator in ASP.NET.
EDUCATION University of California, San Diego
Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science
Expected graduation: June 2014

SKILLS Technologies: C#, Java, C, WPF, XAML, Winforms, Win32 API, .NET, GPGPU, VB.NET, XML, PHP, WinRT/Windows 8
Tools: Visual Studio 2010/2008, SVN, Expression Blend, Expression Design, Blender, GIMP

HOBBIES Music (hammered dulcimer player), photography, 3D modeling/animation, programming, answering questions on Stack Overflow (http://stackoverflow.com/users/77914/zach-johnson)