Zachary Tschirhart
Vice President Of Data Science
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolZachary Tschirhart is a seasoned data science and engineering leader with 13 years of experience building high-performance software for aerospace, HPC, embedded vision, and AI-driven products. Currently Vice President of Data Science at Sustainment and founder-president of Busco Engineering, he blends strategic vision with hands-on implementation to drive AI adoption and advanced analytics across teams. His career includes leading compiler and supercomputing engineering at HPE, porting scientific applications for exascale at AMD, and developing mission-critical flight and vision software for space and biometric systems. Zachary holds three BS degrees (Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics) and an MS in Computational Science from UT Austin, giving him deep cross-domain expertise in algorithms, systems, and numerical methods. He’s known for modernizing engineering practices—introducing LLM-backed documentation, CI/CD packaging, and production-focused delivery—and for turning complex research into reliable, deployable systems. Based in Austin, he combines academic rigor with entrepreneurial drive to enable teams to consistently meet long-term technical goals.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computational Science Engineering & Math, Master of Science - MS Computational Science Engineering & Math at The University of Texas at Austinhigh school diploma none, high school diploma none at Mcneil High SchoolCertificate Communication Skills for Professionals, Certificate Communication Skills for Professionals at The University of Texas at Austin – Center for Professional Education (CPE)
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (6)
hpc-applications7
shutdown5
javascript4
react4
visualization3
kubernetes3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ztschir/Aerospace-Materials-Laboratory
Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:10 commits in 2 months
ztschir/ztschir.github.io
Feb 2020 - Feb 2025
Contributions:65 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
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