Dan Champagne

Lead a distributed team of 26 engineers in enhancing and replatforming a financial application, projected to decrease cost by 30% and increase revenue by 15% by 2027. Increased code quality and maintainability by developing and enforcing code standards, reducing production defects, and implemented automated code testing tools, reducing production errors by 80%.

Managed SQL and Linux/Windows web server infrastructure, ensuring 99.999% uptime and reliable performance. Maintained portfolio of approximately 3,000 SSIS packages, 3,700 web applications, and 9,600 reporting jobs, and coached junior developers in writing clear, performant SQL queries and web code, decreasing defects by 30% and urgent tickets by 50%.

Conceptualized and crafted multi-year roadmaps to ensure team remained focused on objectives, improving strategic focus and project prioritization. Built a new .NET application in 3 months to replace a Salesforce tool, saving $450,000 annually in licensing fees, and created a first-of-its-kind app to track employees’ daily activity, allowing for better resource allocation and training.

Overhauled and modernized a 25-year-old C++ codebase to C++14, increasing speed and security posture. Designed a no-code pricing engine, allowing for a reduction in developer touch points by nearly 80%.

Supported, maintained, and enhanced insurance rating engines, ensuring 99.999% uptime. Collected app usage analytics, enabling better planning of future enhancements and resource allocation, and created first-ever reporting suite for pricing analysis at an Underwriter level, allowing for retaining and education. Developed a suite of tools, realizing savings of over $1,000,000 and 3,000 FTE hours a

Master of Science in Software Engineering from Central Connecticut State University.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from Eastern Connecticut State University.