- Served as a lead person designing new features of Microsoft Office, documenting the designs and coordinating the engineers that were coding the features- Coordinated the design and execution across multiple teams (sometimes >10), engaged in intensive written and oral communication, in-depth planning/technical knowledge, and strong persuasion/conflict resolution skills

Sent out regular communications for events and news to the sangha. Developed new outreach strategies.

- Enhanced existing catalog managing tool to enable the Warehouse Deals team to more efficiently manage and sell their inventory in the Amazon Marketplace- Planned features, coordinated development schedule and interfaced with stakeholders

- Built from the ground-up a web application to manage logistics and support of the beta hardware devices being loaned by Intel to employees at Microsoft for use in software development- As the sole person on the project, had to do everything from taking functional requirements to designing the database schema to supporting the final product. - Example online at www.brandonzahl.com/pastwork

Designed and performed experiments relating to pharmaceuticals. Presented these results to fellow work team and discussed future plans. Also, learned how to operate/program automation robot and trained several employees on its usage. Integrated its use into an assay procedure.

Designed and coded web accessible/administratable database using PHP, SQL, AJAX, Javascript and HTML. Later, migrated to DotNetNuke.

Designed and performed experiments relating to pharmaceuticals under the guidance of a employee mentor.