Zach Cross
Founder at IFM Interactive
Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZach Cross is an Electrical and Computer Engineer and founder with 13 years of hands-on experience designing specialty lighting and embedded systems, currently leading IFM Interactive from Florida. His background spans product-focused roles at Birket Engineering and Lutron, blending field applications, customer engineering, and R&D for advanced lighting solutions. Known for a passion for "blinky lights," he pairs hardware expertise with software tooling—evidenced by projects shared on his GitHub—to prototype and qualify complex systems like anechoic chamber diagnostics. Beyond engineering, Zach has led large teams in STEM program delivery and collegiate residential operations, showing a practical ability to translate technical work into user-facing programs and experiences.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeSouderton Area High School
Github Skills (52)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
crossfireprod/Borealis
Aug 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
crossfireprod/RFSR---Electronics-Merit-Badge-Kit
Dec 2012 - Aug 2017
Contributions:1 release, 21 commits, 9 pushes in 4 years 8 months
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