Paul Pagel

Co–founder and Software Craftsman

Paul Pagel, Cofounder and Software Craftsman.
Paul Pagel, Software Craftsman.

Paul is an 8 year veteran of the software industry and among the first formally trained craftsmen.

Before co-founding 8th Light, he spent several years apprenticing under the esteemed developers at

Paul has been a driving force in the software craftsmanship movement since its inception. In 2008, he organized the first Software Craftsmanship Summit and later contributed to the

Today, he affects growth in the software craftsmanship community by providing apprenticeships to aspiring developers.

Paul is well versed in Ruby, Java, C# and Rails and has contributed to a variety of projects including, most notably, the Fidelity Life application—one of the largest Ruby systems in existence.

Paul received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from DePaul University in 2005.