Summary
Daniel Pflager is a seasoned software engineer and technical leader with a Boeing aerospace pedigree, blending deep engineering expertise with program-level impact. As Technical Lead Engineer for EGMI, he helped architect GEODUCK to fix 787 manufacturing issues and collaborated across FAA, program management, and engineering to resolve systemic shimming problems, saving Boeing millions in fines and rework. On GEODUCK, he delivered a 3x performance improvement by optimizing OpenGL, JNI, and geometry code, and earned CIO awards for a multi-processing NDE solution and for shaping a scalable technical interviewing process. His multi-language proficiency spans Java, C++, C, Python, C#/.NET, and Fortran, with strong experience in HPC, NURBS/CAGD, OpenGL, and various Catia/Enovia/Teamcenter ecosystems. He currently serves as Software Engineer at pflager.org and is based in Seattle, bringing hands-on development and leadership to modern-scale projects. He holds an MBA in IT Management and advanced degrees in Physics, reflecting a rigorous analytical foundation that informs practical, auditable software solutions.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Computer Science, Certificate, Computer Science at University of Washington
M.Sc., Physics, M.Sc., Physics at University of Victoria
MBA, IT Management, MBA, IT Management at Western Governors University