Zach Rattner

Zach Rattner

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CTO and Co-Founder
San Diego, California, United States

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  • Yembo
    CTO and Co-Founder
    Yembo
    Apr 2016 - Current (10 years 4 months)
    Yembo is the global leader in AI-based virtual home surveys. Visit https://yembo.ai to see how our best-in-class AI product is changing the moving and insurance industries.
  • Qualcomm
    Senior Software Engineer
    Qualcomm
    Jun 2014 - Mar 2016 (1 year 10 months)
    ImpaQt was Qualcomm's employee innovation program. As the software engineering lead, I led teams of engineers and product designers through the incubation process. Reviewed hundreds of ideas submitted each year, selected several for protoyping, managed the deliverable schedule, and prepared teams for presenting to the executive team. Worked with business unit leads to transfer projects after incubation for commercialization. Created and led internal tool incubator, achieving seven figures in cost savings.
  • Qualcomm
    Incubation Engineer
    Qualcomm
    Aug 2013 - Jun 2014 (11 months)
    Versatile software engineer on early-stage incubation team Implemented DNS-based packet filtering prototype on modem ASIC Prototyped QLearn Android app, which was used to demonstrate Qualcomm technology in education Filed several patent applications related to modem packet filtering and Bluetooth localization technology
  • Qualcomm
    Modem Software Engineer
    Qualcomm
    Jun 2011 - Aug 2013 (2 years 3 months)
    Supported compressed mode measurement layer on WCDMA physical layer searcher team Designed, implemented, and verified cell measurement, ranking, and pruning algorithms for LTE cell searches Designed and implemented set management and acquisition algorithms to support DC-HSUPA feature set Managed UE operations when not in a call on idle mode team
  • Qualcomm
    Interim Engineering Intern
    Qualcomm
    May 2010 - Aug 2010 (4 months)
    Interned on Inter-Radio Access Technology team to manage switching between GSM, WCDMA, and LTE networks Algorithm/code passed code review and accepted into modem codebase as a summer intern
  • Koofers acquired
    Software Developer
    Koofers acquired
    May 2008 - Aug 2009 (1 year 4 months)
    Designed and implemented academic web applications for college students Designed end-to-end UI and backend of online studying flashcard application with several other interns. The app has since been used to create over 3 million flashcards. Applied statistical theorems to develop new ways to present existing data Designed document reviewer used to review over 150,000 user-generated documents Created feasibility studies and mockups of new features Administrated targeted advertisement management system
  • Blacksburg Electronic Village Inc
    Web Developer
    Blacksburg Electronic Village Inc
    Apr 2008 - Sep 2008 (6 months)
    Designed, built, and maintained several non-profit and university-related web sites as a part of a small team
  • Selfemployed
    Founder, Developer
    Selfemployed
    Apr 2007 - Apr 2009 (2 years 1 month)
    Started a web site designed to enable anyone to design, build, and deploy a professional web site without writing code. Pitched the idea to VCs in spring 2009, but ultimately decided to finish my degree
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  • Virginia Tech
    Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics Minor
    Virginia Tech
    Class Rank: 3 of 74
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics Minor
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Class Rank: 3 of 74
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    • Qualcomm
      Emerging Leader Program
      Qualcomm
      Feb 2014
      I was invited to Qualcomm's internal Emerging Leader Program, and invitation-only class offered to 5% of Qualcomm's top-performing individual contributors. In this class, we learned management tips and strategies for maximizing a team's effectiveness.
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      Grow Up Fast: Lessons from an AI Startup
      Worthwhile Adventures LLC
      Aug 2023
      Question. Learn. Adapt. The untold narrative of our era is that there are yet untraveled paths to tread and new discoveries to uncover in the world of artificial intelligence (AI). In Grow Up Fast: Lessons from an AI Startup, Zach Rattner, an entrepreneur who journeyed from being a corporate employee to a startup founder, reveals how we can navigate this relatively unknown terrain to create novel leadership and management solutions. Zach, CTO and Co-Founder of the AI startup Yembo, offers an honest and enlightening perspective on the journey of building a startup in the rapidly evolving field of AI.
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      Qualcomm Mining Product Ideas In Targeted Areas From Its Global Workforce
      UT San Diego
      Mar 2015
      Qualcomm ImpaQt is an industry-leading innovation program. In its short 3 year history, the program has generated several key technological advancements. This article featured three such ideas that have have successfully exited the ImpaQt program.
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      Syncrod: An Energy-Minimization Method for Distributed File Synchronization Algorithms on Mobile Devices
      nd International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems PECCS
      Feb 2012
      The paper presents a formal model for describing mobile file synchronization energy consumption, and an example of fitting a general file synchronization algorithm to the provided model. Empirical results of running an energy optimization on a general file synchronization algorithm are shown to provide rapid file transfer while using near 0.003% of a standard smartphone battery energy per MB.
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