Mr. Finn has a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions in the healthcare vertical. He entered the Health IT and Health Information Exchange (HIE) space in 2005 and developed a passion for improving healthcare communications - believing: "If a patient can be treated faster, or if public health helps avoid sickness, we all win." His experiences include CDC Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) assessment work in multiple states, becoming the first vendor/participant on the eHealth Exchange, serving as CEO for a company that develops and sells HIE services and HIPAA compliant communications software, working in federal grant programs around MU and Health IT adoption for over 800 providers in rural areas, and serving as project director of Regional Health Information Organizations.

Zach wrote his first piece of software with his father in the mid 1980s on the Commodore 64 in BASIC - it was a simple game called “Zapper” where a spaceship could shoot aliens across the screen and keep score. While attaining his Management Information Studies (MIS) degree from Florida State University (FSU) in the late 1990s he worked full time as a Database Administrator (DBA) & programmer operating a node of MSSQL 7.0 Servers. These machines processed millions of transactions a day (big numbers back in those days) supporting a 24/7 digital voice platform for business communications in an era before broadband, smartphones and texting. After shifting to the healthcare industry Zach was the chief architect and primary developer for a Health Information Exchange (HIE) platform from 2011 to 2022 where he wrote a large variety of components including a master patient index, electronic faxing services, desktop applications and installers, network services, web applications, HL7 interface engines, and RESTful APIs.

These days Zach has embraced AI-powered development, leveraging tools like Cursor IDE to accelerate system architecture and code generation. His current portfolio includes: OpenLDR v2, an open source modular platform for secure laboratory data featuring Docker-based microservices, Apache Kafka event streaming, PostgreSQL persistence, and Keycloak authentication; a subscription based user platform service that is a TypeScript/Node.js monorepo implementing comprehensive backend data tracking with React frontends, MinIO object storage, and OpenSearch analytics powered by trained LLM agents for domain-specific analysis; and a MSSQL Server-based Master Person Index (MPI) utilizing hierarchical matching algorithms, functions for record validation-match-update logic, stored procedures to orchestrate real-time record processing, and comprehensive audit logging for healthcare record deduplication. These systems demonstrate modern DevOps practices including containerization, infrastructure-as-code, event-driven architectures, and AI integration patterns that maintain code elegance while delivering enterprise-grade reliability and maintainability.