Summary
Steven D'anna is a Director of Software Engineering with 12 years of formal experience and over two decades at Praeses driving web applications, databases, and project delivery for SaaS and enterprise clients. He has progressed from hands-on ASP.NET/C#/SQL development to leading ~50 engineers, testers, and PMs, specializing in integrating new technologies to streamline processes and enable data-driven decision making. Comfortable in both architecture and operations, he blends sprint-driven agile leadership with practical roadmap and metrics ownership to ensure on-time, to-spec delivery. Known for reducing costs and improving efficiency, he also has cross-platform integration experience (including Oracle Data Integrator work) that supports legacy-to-modern migrations. Based in Shreveport, Louisiana, he pairs deep technical chops with people-focused hiring and onboarding to scale delivery teams. An early career full-stack developer, he still brings developer instincts to director-level strategy and technical debt tradeoffs.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Louisiana State University in Shreveport