Fred Zimmerman
Publisher at Nimble Books LLC
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFred Zimmerman is a multidisciplinary publisher and product-minded software practitioner with 11+ years of experience building voice products, metadata-driven publishing systems, and analytics for libraries and education. He blends hands-on development (bash, Python), agile product management, and UX research from roles at Cengage, LexisNexis, NASA-contract research, and recent AI data work for xAI. As founder of PageKicker and longtime lead at Nimble Books, he invents imprint-launching technologies and niche publishing formats like the Korean-inspired "text hip" project. Based in Ann Arbor, he pairs a rare mix of humanities training (Swarthmore, USC MFA, Wayne State JD) with technical delivery, making him adept at translating complex metadata and natural-language UI requirements into practical products. An underappreciated strength is his continuity across sectors—academic climate research to legal publishing to voice AI—which lets him connect data, content strategy, and product execution in novel ways.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
MFA, Cinematography, MFA, Cinematography at University of Southern CaliforniaHigh school diploma, School, High school diploma, School at Huron HSBA, History, International Relations, BA, History, International Relations at Swarthmore CollegeJD, Law, JD, Law at Wayne State University Law School
French
Github Skills (200)
google-news10
lda10
react-virtualized10
topic-modeling10
gensim10
data-science10
data-mining10
python10
bash10
fasttext10
wordnet10
bokeh10
word2vec10
pandas10
mining10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
fredzannarbor/trillionsofpeople
Dec 2021 - Jun 2023
Contributions:120 pushes, 7 branches, 11 tags in 1 year 6 months
fredzannarbor/pagekicker-community
Apr 2016 - Apr 2021
Contributions:388 commits, 60 PRs, 454 pushes in 5 years 1 month
pushe-bookbuttonalgorithmiccreation
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