Zach Tibbitts

I'm a Computer Engineer looking for a position in software development. I have experience developing software on multiple operating systems with a focus on Linux with Python and the GTK+ toolkit. I mostly work with desktop applications, but have recently begun working with Django to develop web applications, as well as mobile applications on Android.

Education

University of Louisville, Speed School of Engineering

B.S. in Computer Engineering and Computer Science Dec. 13, 2011

Employment History

Captive Indoor Media

Location: Louisville, KY

Position: Support Associate

Start: Jan. 1, 2010

End: Aug. 1, 2010

Worked part time answering support calls and assisting customers with software issues and installations. Assisted development to resolve issues reported by the customers. Developed a small application to display input from a TV capture card under Windows.

VMware, Inc.

Location: Palo Alto & San Francisco, CA

Position: MTS Engineering Intern

Start: June 6, 2008

End: Dec. 1, 2009

Worked with a team of developers to create software for Linux based thin-client systems. Used a combination of C and C++ as well as the GTK+ and Glib toolkits. Built a virtual test environment using VMware’s virtualization tools as well as an automated test script in Python.

(Three semester-long co-ops)

Independent Projects

Personal Website Project

Start: March 1, 2011

Built and hosted a personal website using the Django framework.

Independent Android Project

Start: Feb. 23, 2011

Currently working on an unreleased Android project that includes a mobile client that interfaces with a Django-based server backend.

CECS Capstone Project

Start: Jan. 10, 2011

End: April 30, 2011

Created an employee tracking system as part of a Senior project. Allowed a user to search for remote employees in an area that meet certain criteria. Included mobile applications for Android, Blackberry, and iOS. The web application was built using Django and hosted on Linux and Amazon EC2.

Lookit Screenshot Utility

Start: May 1, 2010

An independent open source project to allow for rapid capturing, uploading, and sharing of screenshots. Written for Linux using Python and GTK.

Homepage

Deluge Bittorrent Client

Start: April 1, 2006

End: July 31, 2007

Founded and lead an open source project to create an open source bittorrent client written in Python using the PyGTK toolkit. Collaborated with a team of developers around the world. Supported Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X operating systems.

Homepage

Skills

Toolkits and Frameworks Used

  • Android Application Development
  • Django
  • GTK+, both natively and through the PyGTK bindings

Languages Known

  • C
  • C++
  • Java
  • Python

Extracurricular Activities

Member, Association for Computing Machinery

Start: Jan. 1, 2006

End: Dec. 31, 2011

President, Student Linux User Group

Start: Sept. 1, 2010

End: May 31, 2011