Zach Shaw

“Protons give an atom its identity, electrons its personality.”
- Bill Bryson, A short history of nearly everything

Educations

Penn University

Mar 2014 - May 2014

Course - Gamification (course) Gamification is the application of game elements and digital game design techniques to non-game problems, such as business and social impact challenges. This course thought me about the mechanisms of gamification, why it has such tremendous potential, and how to use it effectively. Online

Avans Highschool

Aug 2004 - Jun 2008

Bachelor - Computer Science (Specialization: Multimedia) The education was mainly Java-based programming, but I also learned about SQL, PHP, MVC, UML and more. During my time in college, I specialized in multimedia. Here I learned about gaming -the importance of OOP-, web- and user experience and design. 's-Hertogenbosch

Rodenborch

Aug 1999 - Jun 2004

Highschool - Havo (Nature/Technics & Nature/Health) I graduated highschool, where I enjoyed doing science, math, biology and arts. I realized in my third year of school that I wanted to do something with websites, and so I started making small flash/actionscript applications. Rosmalen

Careers

Startselect | Online Prepaid Services

May 2016 - current

Fulltime - Senior Web Developer Working as a Senior Devloper on a large european based webshop for digital games and gifrcards. The application is Laravel based and as a team we are working in a fully scrum way. . Eindhoven | http://startselect.com

The Secret Lab

Aug 2015 - Apr 2016

Fulltime - Senior Web Developer As a senior at The Secret Lab I work on projects like Kaartjes.nl, Clay.com and more. Using frameworks and technologies such as Laravel, Wordpress, Drupal 8 and ElasticSearch. I also introduced working with Git Flow and supporting my colleagues to write nice readable and reusable code. Amsterdam | http://thesecretlab.nl

Caviar Digital

Feb 2015 - Jul 2015

Fulltime - Creative Developer Caviar Digital is a digital agency based in Amsterdam. I worked here as a creative developer on a big project for the new Samsung Galaxy S6 / S6 edge and created a configurable CMS based on the Laravel Framework. Due to economically reasons it was a short but good experience. Amsterdam | http://digital.caviarcontent.com/

Whoopaa / HRMatches

Apr 2011 - Jan 2015

Fulltime - Lead Developer Whoopaa is a startup that began as a social network where users were able to separate their business- and personal social life. As this idea didn't exactly take off the way we expected it to, we changed the idea. We began a job matching platform, where Whoopaa became the place for job seekers to make an interactive CV enriched with certified tests. The place where companies can create job openings and efficiently find the right candidates needed a name as well, and was called HRMatches. I developed an own framework, which I improved in user experience and speed after the big idea change. I also developed the real time match algorithm as well as a lot of other helpful algorithms. 's-Hertogenbosch | http://www.whoopaa.com/

C2K internet solutions

Sep 2008 - Mar 2011

Fulltime - Lead Developer Right after I graduated, I started working for C2K: a full service internet agency. I developed a homemade CMS, CRM and e-mail marketing system. The CMS was used for a dozens of clients, as well as the e-mail marketing system. I also did a lot of custom made web sites/applications. Later on I also developed Layars like: Conquar (a digital adaption of the board game of Risk) and Gowalla (based on Gowalla's API). C2K no longer exists. Eindhoven / 's-Hertogenbosch

Davinci Advies Groep

Feb 2008 - Jul 2008

Graduate Internship - ICT Consultant My second internship and the place I eventually graduated, was at Davinci. I investigated new web-technologies they could possibly use to improve the front-end of their java-based CRM system. I compared technologies such as Adobe Flex, Silverlight, Ruby on Rails together, to find out which could work best for the company. Based on the results of my research, the company eventually decided to use the ZK Framework. Amsterdam | http://www.davincigroep.nl/

Sanitairwinkel.nl

Oct 2007 - Jun 2008

Part-time - Webdeveloper At sanitairwinkel.nl, I improved/expanded the current webapplication and re-factored the code. I also created a brand new back-end system and improved the front-end by giving it a new look and feel. I also improved the website's SEO. Rosmalen | http://www.sanitairwinkel.nl/

Goomla.com

Jan 2007 - Sep 2007

Part-time - PHP Developer After my internship ended I was asked to stay as part-time employee. Goomla became partner of the year of Bol.com. In October 2007 Goomla was sold to Daisycon. Eindhoven

Goomla.com

Aug 2006 - Jan 2007

Internship - PHP Developer I did my first internship at a company named Goomla. There I learned to apply my knowledge of PHP. Goomla was a shopping/comparison-site, with more than 100 affiliates including bol.com, wehkamp, neckermann, to name a few. Eindhoven

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Penn University

Avans Highschool

Rodenborch

Careers

Startselect | Online Prepaid Services

The Secret Lab

Caviar Digital

Whoopaa / HRMatches

C2K internet solutions

Davinci Advies Groep

Sanitairwinkel.nl

Goomla.com

Goomla.com

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