Dave Tauzell

Lead Engineer | Mission-Critical Distributed Systems

Waukesha, Wisconsin LinkedIn stackoverflow

Professional Summary

Strategic technical leader with 20+ years of experience architecting and operating high-volume, mission-critical infrastructure. Proven track record of leading teams to deliver sub-second performance in high-stakes healthcare networks handling billions of transactions annually with 99.99%+ availability.

Experience

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

2002-01-01 — Present
Surescripts

Leading the core infrastructure team in architecting, developing, and operating high-throughput healthcare systems that form the backbone of national electronic prescription and clinical data exchange.

  • Direct a team of engineers in designing distributed systems that process millions of transactions daily with high availability and strict sub-second SLAs.
  • Champion performance tuning and capacity planning initiatives, successfully scaling core messaging engines to handle massive traffic spikes while maintaining system integrity.
  • Establish technical roadmaps and engineering standards, mentoring developers across the organization in building resilient, fault-tolerant distributed systems.

Software Developer

2001-06 — 2002-01
Health Nexis

Engineered robust systems for translating complex EDI messages, ensuring data integrity across healthcare exchanges.

Software Developer

1996-01 — 2001-06
Qwest Communications

Developed full-stack in-house web applications to enhance support staff efficiency.

  • Designed and implemented web services to seamlessly integrate legacy Smalltalk and Perl environments.
  • Administered and maintained a cluster of Linux servers, ensuring uptime and performance.