Summary
Don Rolling is a seasoned software leader with nearly 30 years in tech and over a decade leading engineering teams, currently serving as Head of Software Development at Rayse in Overland Park, Kansas. He brings deep Microsoft/.NET architecture and delivery experience, having moved from hands-on development to solution and systems architecture roles across finance, insurance, contracting, and marketing platforms. Don has built scalable, client-segregated systems and CI/CD pipelines, led cross-functional teams, and driven modernization efforts that replaced legacy browser-specific approaches with maintainable, modern web stacks. He combines practical database and automation expertise with a history of developing specialized products for regulated industries, including pharma-oriented social tools and data-protection-aware sharing utilities. Notably, his career path shows a pattern of turning ad-hoc processes into repeatable platforms—refining internal portals and build automation to speed delivery and reduce defects. He pairs a BA in Philosophy with pragmatic engineering instincts, making him a strategic technologist who values reliable execution as much as elegant design.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts Philosophy at Northwest Missouri State University