Zach Tratar

Zach Tratar

San Francisco Bay Area
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I'm an experienced engineer, entrepreneur & operator. I've built great early-stage teams…

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    Embra

    San Francisco, California, United States

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    Seattle, Washington, United States

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    Seattle, Washington, United States

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    Seattle, Washington, United States

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco, CA

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    Palo Alto, CA

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    Palo Alto, CA

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    Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

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Education

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    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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    Activities and Societies: Engineering Council Exec Board (Vice President), Engineering Council Exec Board (Director of Information Technology), E-Week Committee (Director), ECIT Committee (Director), EC Leadership Committee (SELP Director), TEC Student Advisory Committee, OTCR (Consultant), IEEE (Member)

    I dropped out my senior year to take on the role of first product designer and engineer at Backplane. One of the best decisions I've ever made. I do strongly believe in education, and would recommend that all students weigh decisions like this heavily.

    While remaining in the top 5% of ECE, I founded two startups and led multiple student organizations and committees. Though I focused most of my electives towards the field of Nanotechnology, I also went through multiple courses dedicated…

    I dropped out my senior year to take on the role of first product designer and engineer at Backplane. One of the best decisions I've ever made. I do strongly believe in education, and would recommend that all students weigh decisions like this heavily.

    While remaining in the top 5% of ECE, I founded two startups and led multiple student organizations and committees. Though I focused most of my electives towards the field of Nanotechnology, I also went through multiple courses dedicated towards Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Power Systems & Renewable Energy, Solid State Electronics, Electricity & Magnetism, and Entrepreneurship.

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  • I'm a big advocate of continuous learning, so I squeeze in a lecture every now and then. It's a really good replacement for TV.

    Courses taken and currently taking:
    - Constitutional Law (Yale)
    - Financial Markets (Yale)
    - Globalization & You (U of Washington)
    - The French Revolution (U of Melbourne)
    - From the Big Bang to Dark Energy (U of Tokyo)
    - Algorithms (Princeton)
    - Internet History, Technology, and Security (U of Michigan)
    - The Diversity of Exoplanets (U…

    I'm a big advocate of continuous learning, so I squeeze in a lecture every now and then. It's a really good replacement for TV.

    Courses taken and currently taking:
    - Constitutional Law (Yale)
    - Financial Markets (Yale)
    - Globalization & You (U of Washington)
    - The French Revolution (U of Melbourne)
    - From the Big Bang to Dark Energy (U of Tokyo)
    - Algorithms (Princeton)
    - Internet History, Technology, and Security (U of Michigan)
    - The Diversity of Exoplanets (U of Geneva)
    - Reason & Persuasion: Thinking Through Three Dialogues By Plato (U of Singapore)

Licenses & Certifications

  • A+ Certification

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Projects

  • Airety

    The best way to run a code interview.

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  • Followr

    Followr helps you gain real followers on twitter through automation.

    Setup takes 15 seconds and there is only one requirement: you must be logged into twitter.com.
    Once you specify your interests, followr will search for tweets every 30 minutes and favorite a small amount of them.

    Unlike all other bots, followr is actually dedicated to improving Twitter. As such, followr will limit itself from spamming excessively and rewards you for good behavior. The more you use Twitter…

    Followr helps you gain real followers on twitter through automation.

    Setup takes 15 seconds and there is only one requirement: you must be logged into twitter.com.
    Once you specify your interests, followr will search for tweets every 30 minutes and favorite a small amount of them.

    Unlike all other bots, followr is actually dedicated to improving Twitter. As such, followr will limit itself from spamming excessively and rewards you for good behavior. The more you use Twitter normally, the harder followr will work.

    You can read about the philosphy and reasoning behind followr at http://zachtratar.com/followr.html

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