Zach Weiss

1. Software Engineering Intern · Forecast Fusion

   May 2026 – Aug 2026

   Internship · Remote

   Built and hardened a production PHP/MySQL case-management CRM for a New York traffic-ticket law firm, a codebase accumulating since 2014. Worked 30 to 40 hours a week under a two-stage peer and supervisor review gate.

   • Cut the slowest staff search from 11.6 seconds to 0.74 seconds, about 15 times faster, by replacing leading-wildcard scans with anchored index lookups, and reduced contact search from a 91,000-row full table scan to roughly 300 to 560 rows read. Both re-measured on production.
   • Remediated production security defects across the legacy codebase: SQL injection, cross-site request forgery, and unauthenticated file-download endpoints, hardening client PII and payment paths for thousands of active cases.
   • Directed AI coding agents (Claude Code) to accelerate legacy modernization and database performance work, pairing every release with a deploy runbook specifying per-step verification and rollback.
   • Shipped 91 merged pull requests and 500+ commits across a 14-week engagement, authoring and peer-reviewing work orders, deploy runbooks, and code reviews throughout the team's delivery pipeline.
   • PHP
   • MySQL
   • SQL query optimization
   • Database indexing
   • Web application security
   • bcrypt
   • Cloudflare
   • Backblaze B2
   • rclone
   • Git
   • GitHub
   • Code review
   • Claude Code
   • Prompt engineering
   • Legacy system modernization

2. Marketing Director · Pro Bono Consulting Club

   Jun 2026 – Present

   Part-time · Orlando, FL · On-site

   • Website and digital build: designed, built, and deployed the club's website from scratch.
   • Brand and digital strategy: set up the club's social media presence, including the LinkedIn page, and lead overall marketing and visual identity for the club.
   • Outreach and recruitment: create targeted content and promotional graphics on LinkedIn and Instagram to introduce local Orlando business owners to the club's free consulting services, and to attract and onboard UCF student talent.
   • Marketing strategy
   • Brand strategy
   • Social media marketing
   • Social media content creation
   • Lead generation
   • Marketing communications
   • Advertising
   • Web development

3. Camp Counselor · Camp Nock-A-Mixon

   Jun 2022 – Jul 2022

   Seasonal · Kintnersville, PA

   • Supervised campers in a residential setting, ensuring safety, structure, and positive behavior.
   • Led daily activities and group programs to promote teamwork, inclusion, and participation.
   • Resolved conflicts using calm problem-solving and clear, professional communication.
   • Collaborated with staff to follow schedules, enforce rules, and support smooth operations.
   • Conflict resolution
   • Staff scheduling
   • Communication
   • Teamwork

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  ADP Business Knights Leadership Academy Scholarship

  Apr 2026

  $750 scholarship from ADP through the UCF College of Business, awarded for demonstrating leadership and career preparation through a 500 to 750 word essay. The essay detailed BrandLens, the web application built from scratch that generates professional brand guidelines from any website URL.

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  MECC Regionals '26: 1st place Visual Case, 2nd place Data Case

  Apr 2026

  Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge regionals hosted at UCF. Placed first in the visual case and second in the data case, contributing to UCF's first place overall team finish.

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  Dean's List, UCF College of Business

  Spring 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026

  Named to the Dean's List three semesters for a full-time GPA of 3.4 or higher.

• Pro Bono Consulting Club

  Marketing Director · Jun 2026 – Present

  UCF student consultants offering free consulting to local Orlando businesses. Runs the club's website, brand, LinkedIn, Instagram, and recruitment.

• American Marketing Association

  Student Member · May 2026 – May 2027

  Uses AMA resources, events, and professional development opportunities to build skills in marketing and business strategy.

Each skill lists where it was earned.

New Yorker living in Orlando. Jets and Knicks fan, for better or worse. Tennis and pickleball when the Florida heat allows.

As of September 2026.

1. Running marketing for the Pro Bono Consulting Club

   Website, LinkedIn, and Instagram for UCF's free-consulting club, plus the fall push to bring in Orlando business owners and recruit student consultants.

2. Building this site

   A pixel-art room where every object is a piece of the resume. The art is generated, cut out, and placed by hand, and the animations are plain CSS.

3. Keeping BrandLens live

   The brand-guidelines generator stays up for anyone to try on their own site.

4. Senior year at UCF

   Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing, graduating May 2027.

• za390615@ucf.edu
• (917) 828-5895
• LinkedIn
• GitHub