David Gewirtz
Senior Contributing Editor at ZATZ Labs (formerly ZATZ Publishing)
Salem, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Gewirtz is a veteran technology writer, educator, and cyber policy advisor with over a decade of contemporary experience shaping public understanding of cybersecurity, government IT, and digital business transformation. As Senior Contributing Editor at ZDNet and founder of ZATZ Labs, he blends investigative journalism with hands-on product and open-source development—building tools like the ZENPRESS CMS and an AI-driven editing system. He teaches computer science, leads a public-policy think tank, and advises InfraGard and the IACSP on cyberwarfare, bringing a rare mix of classroom pedagogy, executive-level policy work, and technical craft. A former CNN contributor and author of influential books on White House IT and agile business, he is equally comfortable briefing defense institutions and shipping experimental software. An early adopter of digital publishing since 1998, he combines historical perspective (from punch-card COBOL beginnings) with current AI-threat mitigation practice.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS with Distinction Computer Science, BS with Distinction Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMaster of Education (M.Ed.) Learning and Technology, Master of Education (M.Ed.) Learning and Technology at Western Governors University
applescript, ada, sql, hypertalk, usertalk, javascript, java, lisp, basic, python, ruby, rpg, objective c, fortran, cobol, perl, c#, c++, c, php, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
controlling9
wordpress9
wordpress-plugin9
raspberry8
sd-card8
octoprint7
cnc-controller7
distro7
3d-printer6
cnc6
gcode6
github6
git6
raspberry-pi5
3d-printing5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
davidgewirtz/seamless-donations
Aug 2015 - Aug 2020
A reasonably popular donations plugin for WordPress
Contributions:52 commits, 2 PRs, 53 pushes in 5 years
wordpresswordpress-plugin
davidgewirtz/better-recent-posts-widget
Nov 2019 - Aug 2020
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 9 months
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