Zach Willard is a Software Engineering Manager based in Milwaukee with a decade of hands-on engineering experience and 15 years in related roles spanning development, analysis, and delivery. He currently leads engineering at Audit Sight, bringing automation to audit and financial transaction verification while expanding his toolkit from JavaScript/TypeScript and React into Kotlin. Zach rose through technical and leadership ranks at Northwestern Mutual—moving from senior developer and business analyst roles to scrum master and engineering lead—so he combines deep product context with team coaching and delivery discipline. Known for being self-starting and detail-oriented, he focuses on solving interesting problems and helping engineers grow through mentorship and practical process improvements. His MBA in Information Technology complements a pragmatic approach to bridging business needs and technical solutions. Colleagues describe him as a curious polyglot developer-manager who enjoys translating complex audit requirements into reliable, automatable systems.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Business Administration, Management Computer Systems / Business, Bachelors of Business Administration, Management Computer Systems / Business at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Mukwonago High
MBA, Information Technology, 3.789, MBA, Information Technology, 3.789 at UW-Milwaukee
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