Dave Tadesse is a software development test engineer at Progressive Insurance since January 2023, previously serving as an automation engineer and frontend engineer at Red Ventures from April 2020 to December 2022. Tadesse began a career as a junior software developer at RFD & Associates, Inc. from November 2018 to April 2020 and has a background as a team lead and combat engineer in the US Army from 2013 to 2017. Educationally, Tadesse holds a Master of Science in Applied Computer Science from Frostburg State University and a bachelor's degree from Morehead State University, along with further education from the University of Texas at Austin and various United States Army schools and centers.