Zack Brown

Zack Brown is the Co-founder and CEO of PaxCorp, a company he established in February 2023 based in the San Francisco Bay Area.1 With a background in computer science and engineering from the University of Washington, Brown has a history of entrepreneurship and leadership in the tech industry.1

Professional Experience

Prior to founding PaxCorp, Brown's career highlights include:

• Independent Researcher for the Pax Open Source Project (September 2021 - January 2023)1
• Co-founder and CEO of Haiku® (June 2016 - August 2021)1
• Vice President of Product at Famo.us (December 2014 - July 2015)1
• Co-founder and Partner at Thomas Street (December 2011 - November 2014)1
• Founder, Designer & Developer at BitLaunch (2006 - December 2011)1

Education and Achievements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from the University of Washington (2006-2011)1
• Participated in Y Combinator (2017-2018)1
• High school valedictorian with a perfect SAT score of 1600/16001

Current Focus

At PaxCorp, Brown is working on pax.dev, a project that aims to create a world where developers, designers, and no-coders can collaborate to create software together.1 This builds on his previous work with the Pax Open Source Project, where he designed and built the initial versions of Pax, including its language, compiler, rendering engine, and native runtimes for WebAssembly and LLVM-macOS.1

Brown's entrepreneurial journey reflects a consistent theme of innovation in software development tools and platforms, with a particular focus on bridging the gap between design and code to enhance creativity in software creation.2