Zach Parent

Forward Deployed Engineer

Zach Parent is a Forward Deployed Engineer at OpenAI since December 2025 and previously worked as a Research Engineer at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. As a co-founder of Skatefolio from October 2022 to July 2025, Zach contributed significantly to the platform’s development. Additional experience includes serving as Head of the Young Professionals Board at Emergent Works, a Software Engineer at Summer, and multiple roles at Google from July 2019 to June 2022 where Zach supported creators on the web. Previous internships at Clinc, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory focused on system architecture and engineering processes. Zach holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

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