Summary
Dan Simon is a pragmatic Software Engineering Manager with eight years of professional experience and a long history of hands-on development stretching back to early roles in aviation and legal tech. Based in Fuquay-Varina, NC, he has progressed from cooperative education at GE Aviation to senior engineering roles and now leads engineering at WealthCounsel, guiding teams to deliver high-impact, analytically driven solutions. He excels at translating complex problems into reliable, maintainable systems and enjoys mentoring engineers to raise technical standards and team effectiveness. Known for steady, practical leadership, Dan balances people-first management with deep coding experience across production systems. A University of Dayton computer science graduate, he brings institutional memory from decade-long stints at multiple companies that inform pragmatic architecture and process improvements.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of Dayton