Starting ZuLeris…

Our mission is to revolutionize warfighter training by creating cost-effective, accessible, gamified training software.

Zack Zuniga and Liam Etan met in UCF's Entrepreneurship for Defense class, sponsored by the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN). This is where the duo were introduced to the capabilities gap in current Electromagnetic Warfare (EW). After designing and prototyping a potential solution, Zack and Liam were entered in ARCENT's Innovation Oasis II competition, earning 1st place. This gave them the opportunity to brief their solution to the Commanding General at US CENTCOM. With their growing traction, Zack and Liam committed to finishing what they had begun, and ZuLeris Interactive was born.

Our Team

Chief Executive Officer

Zack Zuniga

Zack is an dual major undergraduate at the University of Central Florida in Photonics Engineering and Electrical Engineering with a focus on communications.

He is currently one of the Social Media Ambassadors for CREOL, the college of optics and photonics. He also represents UCF as a member of the President's Leadership Council. With a strong passion for entrepreneurship and protecting our nation, he's excited to be contributing for training our current and future warfighters.

Zack.Zuniga@ZuLeris.com

352-552-2962

Chief Operating Officer

Liam Etan

Liam graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Central Florida and the Burnett Honors College in 2024. During his time at UCF, he gained two years of experience as a part time intern at Lockheed Martin with roles as a Mechanical Analyst and Mechanical Designer. He also took on a lead position at UCF's rocketry club, helping them win 1st place in their first competion ever, FAR 5K. Currently, he works as an Aerospace Engineer for the USAF at Eglin AFB and plans to start his masters degree at UCF in Engineering Program Management in Fall 2025.

Coming from an Air Force household, he has all the motivation needed to develop ZuLeris into a fully functioning company that delivers game-changing solutions to our warfighters.

Liam enjoys playing soccer and has been recently spending his free time trying to learn how to golf.

Liam.Etan@ZuLeris.com

850-714-7315

Chief Technology Officer

Jacob Noel

Jacob is currently a Master's Student in Computer Science with a Graduate Research Position at the Virtual and Augmented Reality (VAR) Lab of UCF, working under Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira. He completed his two Bachelor Degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science and specialization in computer graphics and simulation and modeling.

He has also participated in a fellowship on behalf of the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), continuing development of EW VTE for Zuleris. Jacob's unique technical expertise makes him a perfect fit to lead game development at ZuLeris.

Jacob.Noel@ZuLeris.com

Multiplayer Lead Developer

Scott Schimpf

Scott, a software engineer, graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2024 with a bachelors in Computer Science.

His professional passion is problem solving the world of programming and designing complex system architecture plans. Over the years, the Unity game engine has been his favorite development environment; a choice that fit his duties here at ZuLeris Interactive perfectly. One of Scott's many roles at ZuLeris is leading a 4-man team of Senior Computer Scientists to develop EW VTE's first multiplayer capabilities.

He see's himself moving into a program architecture and gaining more leadership responsibilities where he can utilize his unique blend of personal and problem solving skills.

Scott.Schimpf@ZuLeris.com