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ZACHARY EDWARD GARBARINO
zgarbarino@gmail.com
3406 162nd Ave. E
Parrish, FL 34219
443-244-7205

 

OBJECTIVE

Interested in gaining additional experience in a broader range of applications in either traditional app development, Web Development with Javascript, or mobile app development. Zachary is currently looking for Entry Level programming positions.

CERTIFICATIONS

    • Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer
    • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (Validation Number: NZS4M5ZLJ1QEQVCP)

EDUCATION: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

    • B.S. in Computer Science
    • 3.459 GPA

SKILLS

Languages: JavaScript, Java, C++, Swift, Objective C, Python
Operating Systems: Mac OS, Windows 10, Linux, iOS

WORK EXPERIENCE

ACE Hardware (2021 – Present)

  • Currently working as a Maintenance Associate.
  • Letter of Appreciation, May 2023

Vianki, LLC (2016 – Present)

Sole developer – Void Galaxia, a retro-style shoot-em-up game, for Apple TV (TVOS) using the Swift programming language. (Read details: https://zacharygarbarino.com/void-galaxia)

    • Used SpriteKit as a foundation for on-screen object behaviors and interactions
    • Integrated in the API for Apple TV Siri Remote to use motion sensor to steer ship, the trackpad to aim weapons, and buttons/touchpad gestures to interact with menu screens
    • Used Xcode’s Instruments to find and fix performance issues
    • Developed my own images, sounds, and music using Aseprite, Garage Band, and BFXR
      (https://bitbucket.org/zegarba/void-galaxia/src/master/)

Sole developer – product that offers owners of vacation properties with Tesla chargers a way to market directly as destinations to Tesla car owners. Components of this product include:

    • IOS app to map vacation properties locations (Google Map API integration)
    • AWS DynamoDB tables to store vacation property data
    • Used AWS Lambda function to communicate between App and database
    • Interface to Stripe payment processing system for receiving payments from property owners

Developed Web and iOS applications using JavaScript, iOS Swift, HTML, and Web development tools.
Developed JavaScript to link Web forms to cloud-based database.

UMBC Research Assistantship, Summer 2014

    • Researching techniques using Fourier Transformations on two graphic images in order to make one viewable from a distance and another viewable from closer in order to visualize data related to biochemical reactions.
    • Used a low frequency filter on graph with chemical groups to be viewed at a distance, resulting in a blurred image when viewed closer.
    • Used a high frequency filter on graph with details on each individual chemical to be viewed close up
    • Implemented in JavaScript to run on a website.
    • Optimizing Algorithms to run in a real time environment.

Summer 2013 – Raytheon Internship:

    • Research on improving security on DNS servers.
    • Investigated using Apache 2-way SSL for authentication.
    • Investigated a failsafe for updates propagating from read/write master DNS servers to read-only servant servers, in order to prevent an identification server from failing to receive an update, and becoming a potential hole in security.

Summer 2012 – iOS App Development:

To learn the iOS development environment, developed a Gradius or Space Invaders style video game iPhone app using the Cocos2d toolkit. Competed the basic game play, with the general mechanics working. Implemented the following functionality:

    • Used Cocos2d scenes and layers to the create the game screen
    • Used iOS touch screen API to create touchpad buttons to control object onscreen
    • Set up storage arrays for waves of enemies and player and enemy bullets
    • Created logic to handle collision detection between bullets and other objects
    • Handled memory cleanup space used by destroyed enemies
    • Created shooting functions that given direction and speed, use Trigonometry to plot paths for bullets used by enemies to shoot directly at player
    • Increase code reuse by creating a generic super class for specific enemy& bullet types

CLASS PROJECTS

    • Wrote programs to cause buffer overflow attack to modify existing programs and perform text searches.
    • Wrote TicTacToe game A.I. that learned by storing results for each move in a hash table.
    • Wrote a Huffman encoding program to compress text files using a binary tree optimized to place most frequent letters near the top.
    • Added weighting to a binary search tree in order to find where in an in-order traversal an element was.
    • Used Python language for several projects including a program to validate XML tags and a program to display up to 4 degrees of a KOCH triangle.
    • Used Java to learn Object Oriented design and programming, including encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. Used Java for several projects including card game and document storage system.
    • Created basic graphics and manipulated camera angles in Open GL.
    • Wrote an AI for a robot arena simulation game.

OTHER PROJECTS

Javascript practice projects: https://bitbucket.org/zegarba/zegarba.bitbucket.io/src/master/

ACHIEVEMENTS

    • Achieved 2nd Degree Black Belt in Taijutsu, Martial Arts
    • 12 years piano study including Student of the Year Award
    • Received 29 college credits from AP testing including a 5 in AP Calculus and a 4 in AP Physics

VOLUNTEER WORK

Bayside Community Church – BayPro (A/V) Broadcast Team: Responsible for coordinating remote teams to broadcast live sermons simultaneously to multiple locations.

HONORS & AWARDS

    • UMBC Heritage Scholarship ($10,000/year)
    • AP Scholar with Distinction Award