Summary
Dave Puglielli is a senior software engineering advisor based in Madison, Wisconsin, with roughly nine years of focused experience and a much longer technical career tied to advisory and systems roles. He specializes in rapid software development, security, and delivering enterprise solutions on open platforms, working directly with executives, developers, and end users to align pace with quality. His background spans manufacturing and insurance contexts, where he has guided lifecycle management and practical IT consulting at companies like Independence Tube, Nucor Tubular Products, and American Family Insurance. Known as a technology generalist, he combines hands-on engineering with governance-minded delivery to make secure, auditable systems deployable at speed. Fluent in cross-functional communication and informed by liberal arts studies in Spanish and economics, he brings an uncommon blend of technical depth and stakeholder empathy to complex projects.
9 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BA Spanish BA Economics, BA Spanish BA Economics at Beloit College
English, Spanish