Summary
Zachary Peacock is a seasoned technical director and software architect with over 14 years of professional experience and more than 20 years total in software engineering, currently leading AI initiatives at DigiCert to advance secure, production-grade AI and certificate management systems. He blends deep expertise in backend languages (PHP, Java, Kotlin, Go), containerization, and distributed systems with hands-on experience modernizing monoliths into API-driven, highly available services. Zachary is particularly focused on the intersection of AI and security, exploring RAG architectures and protocols like MCP and A2A to enable safe agent-to-agent communication and tool access. He has a track record of shipping customer-facing REST APIs and promoting CI/CD and Kubernetes at scale, while also consulting through his own company on diverse stacks. Based in Spanish Fork, Utah, he enjoys connecting with engineers about practical security challenges in AI — a perspective shaped by long experience in digital trust and production systems.
13 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science Multimedia Communication Technology, Bachelors of Science Multimedia Communication Technology at Utah Valley University