Zachary Dovel
AI Transformation (AX) Special Consultant.
Tokyo, Japan
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Top SchoolZachary Dovel is an engineering leader with 12 years of experience guiding distributed, international teams to deliver high-stakes software for clients like Apple, Expedia, Amazon, Technicolor, and Slalom. Currently based in Tokyo, he blends deep front-end and full-stack technical roots with a collaborative, "lead-from-behind" management style that surfaces problems early and empowers engineers to perform at their best. His career spans hands-on roles from web frontend engineering at Apple to senior and principal architect positions at Slalom Build and Aktana, demonstrating strength in complex UIs, distributed systems, and AI transformation. Comfortable operating across cultures and time zones, he combines pragmatic delivery with strategic AI/business transformation work at SCSK. A McGill-trained software engineer who has worked in NOC and ops roles early on, he brings rare operational empathy to architecture and team leadership.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Student, Exchange Student at Koryo High SchoolNY Regents Diploma, NY Regents Diploma at Edwards-Knox Central SchoolBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Software Engineering / Japanese, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Software Engineering / Japanese at McGill University
Japanese, French
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Github Skills (115)
testing10
autocomplete10
jsdoc10
facebook10
javascript9
linux9
api9
language-server-protocol9
linter9
webpack9
password-vault9
api-documentation9
eslint9
isomorphic9
checker9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
zakkudo/translator
Aug 2018 - Jul 2021
Helper class to make working with translations enjoyable.
Contributions:14 PRs, 89 pushes, 13 branches in 3 years
translationshelper-classtranslationlaravellocalization
zakkudo/api-tree
Aug 2018 - Mar 2025
Make working with backend api trees enjoyable.
Contributions:16 PRs, 122 pushes, 17 branches in 6 years 8 months
apibackendbackend-apirest-apitrees
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