Game Changers

ZuLeris Origins

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

Founders, Zack Zuniga and Liam Etan, met in Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU) Entrepreneurship for Defense (E4D) class at the University of Central Florida. The duo were introduced to the capabilities gap in current Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) training. This is when they realized that the power of game engines could be a solution to a lot of military pains. 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 present to General Kurilla of CENTCOM, who validated their goals. After that experience, there was no other option than to go all in.

Leadership

Chief Executive Officer

Zack Zuniga

Zack.Zuniga@ZuLeris.com

Zack Zuniga is a dual major undergraduate in Electrical Engineering and Photonics Science & Engineering, with a SEMI Certification at UCF.

He has participated in the DIU/NSIN's Entrepreneurship for Defense (E4D), X-Force Fellowship, and Capstone Course. Zack is heavily engaged within the UCF community, serving as a Social Media Ambassador at CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics, a Peer Coach for Entrepreneurship at the UCF BlackStone Launchpad, a council member of the UCF President's Leadership Council (PLC), and an active participant of the UCF Upstarts Incubator Program. On his off time, he's a huge moviegoer, loves listening to music, and enjoys dancing! He's thrilled to be a young entrepreneur, drawing from his practical experience and track record, and ready to lead his team to success.

Chief Operating Officer

Liam Etan

Liam.Etan@ZuLeris.com

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.

Chief Technology Officer

Scott Schimpf

Scott.Schimpf@ZuLeris.com

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.