Zach Shallbetter
Director Of AI & Technology at Colormatics
Spokane, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolZach Shallbetter is a creative technologist and entrepreneurial engineering leader with over a decade of hands-on experience building and scaling web, e-commerce, and AI-enabled products. As Director of AI & Technology at Colormatics, he leads SpectraLab to turn emerging tech into proprietary tools, interactive platforms, and revenue-generating IP that streamline delivery and strengthen client relationships. He’s shipped 100+ products, founded and exited companies, and moved a Kickstarter game from crowdfunding to international retail with full in-house production—demonstrating rare fluency across product, manufacturing, and UX. Zach blends systems-level architecture (Next.js/React, Node.js/Python, ML pipelines) with human-centered design and developer experience, often embedding human-in-the-loop and retrieval-augmented workflows into production. Based in Spokane, he also teaches and cultivates communities, preparing the next wave of designers and engineers while keeping an eye on ethical, scalable innovation.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
AAS, AAS at North Idaho CollegeBS Software Engineering, BS Software Engineering at Western Governors University
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Github Skills (48)
scrollmagic9
scroller8
jquery-plugin8
processwire7
craftcms7
gcode7
jquery7
html6
syntax-highlighting6
cnc-controller6
3d-printing6
api6
cookie6
css6
scrolling6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
frontenddevelopers/Frontend-The-Beaten-Path
Nov 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
frontenddevelopers/frontenddevelopers.org-old
Dec 2014 - Dec 2016
Contributions:16 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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