A native New Yorker and technologist, John Zhao has been involved not only in the software industry since the 1990s but also graduated Summa Cum Laude with his Electrical Engineering degree from Cooper Union.
John has been with Bloomberg LP in their Engineering department since 2006, most recently as a group manager.
2006-Present Bloomberg LP, Engineering Group Mgr
2004-2006 Con Edison, Software Consultant
2002-2006 Cooper Union, B.S., Summa Cum Laude
1995-2006 Zoftware Corporation, Founder
Skills: C, C++, C#, JavaScript, SQL, UX, WSDL, SOAP, XML, HTML, Photoshop, GNU, GLIB, Python, Certified ScrumMaster (#517747), PMP, Effective Technical Management
Software Engineering Group Manager
At Bloomberg, John built and architectured from the ground up, the core ticketing and communication system that powers all business units within the firm. Built the business model and grew the development team to 12. Integrated NLP, ticket distribution technology, and built the product out on a JS/C++/SQL stack within the Bloomberg Terminal.
He was soon thereafter promoted to lead several development teams within the Internal Technology Engineering department. Responsible for the Marketing team, whose portfolio included an e-mail targeting and campaign system, the Bloomberg Terminal I-Panel (advertisement) framework, and other event management related systems.
John also ran the hiring committee for the Internal Technology Engineering department, which under his leadership filled the most headcount out of any previous years.
John brings a unique balance of technology skills and leadership/team-building skills. Under his leadership, his group saw attrition fall to the lowest in years. He is a born leader and gifted technologist.
Software Engineer / Technology Solutions Consultant
Con Edison Meter Shop Refurbishment & Retirement Division.
Implemented a Windows-based user interface against the legacy mainframe backbone to assist and amend in the daily workflows of the labor staff.
Utilized Win32 Forms and UX design to create multiple processes around efficiency and reducing manual interactions with the mainframe.
Licensed and extended the contract in 2005 to the Natural Gas division at Con Edison.
B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Summa Cum Laude
Graduated 2nd in class, Summa Cum Laude, 3.8 GPA
Dean's List Fall & Spring 2002 - 2006.
Senior Thesis: A Digital Notepad. Electronic tablet with a novel entry method (stylus) and lightweight OS.
Involved in all aspects of electrical and computering engineering. VLSI chip layout, communication theory and digital signal processing, network security and cryptology, computer architecture.
Founder & Owner
Zoftware focused on bringing solutions to the general consumers of Web 1.0 and the desktop PC.
Comp-U-Lock, a desktop security plug-in for Windows to supplement Windows security & authentication.
Schedule-It!, a Windows desktop-based calendaring and personal assistant tool.
Lotto-Magic, a predictive analysis and lottery number recommendation tool.
