Zak Kohler is a freelance programmer with 11 years of professional experience who blends deep hardware-facing interests with practical software delivery for engineering and manufacturing. Beginning coding at eight and freelancing by fourteen, he now mentors engineers and builds maintainable prototypes that reach production through his consulting practice. His background in chemical and biomolecular engineering and hands-on roles in materials science give him unique insight into embedded systems, simulation, and tooling for manufacturing workflows. Zak is passionate about the intersection of electronics, CPUs, compilers, FPGA, and operating systems, and he applies that breadth to solve cross-disciplinary problems from device-level prototypes to Linux-based production software. Based in Youngstown, Ohio, he combines retrocomputing curiosity with real-world experience at companies like Cooper and Goodyear to deliver pragmatic, reproducible solutions.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Austintown Fitch High School
B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Biotechnology, B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Biotechnology at The University of Akron
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