Eric Zocher
Indie Developer at Independent
Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolEric Zocher is an indie developer and seasoned technology executive with four decades of experience building and guiding iconic software products, from Adobe Photoshop and Acrobat to Microsoft’s Expression Studio. He has been a VP of Engineering at Adobe, a General Manager at Microsoft, CTO/EVP at multiple startups, and co-founded three companies that resulted in successful exits. Now advising startups and volunteering on tech education, he blends executive strategy with hands-on development across mobile, desktop, and AR/VR. Known for scaling engineering organizations (growing Adobe’s apps team from 30 to 800) and shipping beloved consumer software like Dark Castle, he also has deep roots in early Mac software and game development. He’s worked directly with industry pioneers including Steve Jobs, John Warnock, Paul Allen, and Bill Gates, and teaches practical tech skills to nontraditional learners. Based on Bainbridge Island, he combines entrepreneurial grit, product-level design instincts, and a longtime curiosity about emerging interfaces.
10 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoHigh School, High School at Los Alamos High School | Los Alamos, NM
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Github Skills (4)
porting4
uwp1
csharp1
xaml1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ezocher/Gravity-Toy
May 2020 - Jul 2022
Very old XAML/UWP app. Porting to various platforms to test and learn.
Contributions:2 PRs, 107 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 2 months
portinguwpxaml
ezocher/seeotoo
May 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:72 commits, 59 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 2 months
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