Summary
Dave Rogers is a founder and seasoned software leader with 15 years of experience turning ideas into products and businesses, currently leading DevFarm to incubate client and homegrown ventures. His background spans full-stack web and mobile development, security and malware analysis, technical leadership roles, and unconventional operational experience as a nuclear-trained Surface Warfare Officer. He founded Great Wave Travel to simplify long-term relocation and blends travel-first product thinking with deep engineering chops. Known for building infrastructure and rapid-release platforms (from Puppet-driven environments to Rails APIs), he thrives at the intersection of product, ops, and team building. Based in Phoenix, he brings a rare combination of disciplined systems thinking from the Navy and pragmatic startup execution.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at United States Naval Academy
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Naval Postgraduate School
German, English