Zachary Taylor

zacharydtaylor1997@gmail.com | 615.663.5675

EXPERIENCE EDUCATION
ADTRAN | ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT INTERN MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
May 2018 – Aug 2018 | Huntsville, AL BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
• Developed a cloud-based solution to automate and enhance the COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH MINORS IN
engineering process for network installation using AWS and Python. MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
• Worked with other teams to create a system to collect and visualize Expected Dec 2019 | Starkville, MS
telemetry data of network elements in real time using AWS, Python, Dean’s List (All Semesters)
and DOMO. Cum. GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
• Consulted with other teams to jump start cloud-technology adoption
and solutions throughout the company.
• Contributed to initial planning for optics-alignment system utilizing SKILLS
AWS, reinforcement learning, and an IoT architecture. PROGRAMMING
3+ years:
EXXONMOBIL IT | INTERN Python • C/C++
Feb 2017 – Nov 2017 | The Woodlands, TX 1+ years:
• Coordinated with multiple departments to lead a software product PHP • JavaScript
evaluation resulting in a t-for-purpose verdict and provided a 0+ years:
recommendation on moving forward. Matlab • R • SAS
• Organized meetings with the vendor to receive in-depth product
information and answers to cross-departmental questions. TECHNOLOGY
Git/Github • AWS • Linux
• Participated on the Web Development Taskforce to provide
UNIX • Windows • ROS
AngularJS sites to internal customers.
Arti cial Intelligence • Automation
• Participated in an internal CodeJam to prototype a blockchain
application for managing a model supply-chain.
• Worked with a team to plan executive visit and team-building COURSEWORK
exercise for 200 employees.
GRADUATE
Analysis of Algorithms
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY ITS | ASSISTANT SUPPORT
SPECIALIST UNDERGRADUATE
Aug 2015 – Oct 2016 | Mississippi State, MS Arti cial Intelligence
• Interacted with clients to assess their problems and implement a (Teaching Assistant)
solution in an ef cient, friendly manner. AI Robotics
• Prepared workstations and laptops for future use by company Operating Systems I
employees. Calculus I-IV
• Created scripts to automate common tasks and increase productivity. Data Analysis I
Introduction to Probability

PROJECTS SOCIETIES
STATE SPACE ROBOTICS TEAM | PATH-PLANNING LEAD Association for Computing Machinery
Jan 2018 – Present | Mississippi State, MS
(ACM)
• Spearhead the development effort for the path-planning functionality Scrum Alliance Certi ed ScrumMaster
of a team of three robots. Shackouls Honors College
• ROS provides movement servers and the planning is being National Merit Scholarship Finalist
implemented in Python to allow for fully-autonomous operation.

CHIT CHAT | CLASS PROJECT FOR DISTRIBUTED CLIENT-SERVER LINKS

PROGRAMMING Github:// ZDTaylor
Jan 2018 – May 2018 | Mississippi State, MS LinkedIn:// zacharydtaylor1
• Lead the development of Chit Chat, an anonymous chat application Career Center:// zachary.taylor3
created as a class project.
• Chit Chat provides real-time communication while utilizing a PHP
backend and AngularJS frontend.