Researcher @ • Worked to build a wireless communication system for drones, objective being to deploy a network of such drones to patrol the Galapagos Islands and collect/relay real-time video of poacher activity • Experience in system design/troubleshooting, system testing, antennas, network protocols/architecture From August 2014 to December 2014 (5 months) Engineer @ Engineering consulting, energy industry. Solved power plants' densest engineering problems in: • Mechanical design • Fluid mechanics • Heat transfer From 2009 to 2012 (3 years) Researcher @ • Research in microfluidics—particularly involving acoustics and optics—with intent to miniaturize medical diagnostics. • Co-authored a number of academic papers, and a chapter in the Handbook of Optofluidics. • Winner of department undergraduate thesis award. From 2008 to 2012 (4 years)

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering @ Stanford University From 2013 to 2015 Bachelor of Science, Engineering Science, High Distinction @ Penn State University From 2004 to 2008 Zak Stratton is skilled in: C, C++, Systems Programming, Computer Networking, L2/L3 protocols, Wireless Communications Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Matlab, Web Application Development