Paul Pagel is the founder of 8th Light and a leading voice in the software community. Under his direction as CEO, 8th Light has doubled in size twice and currently employs more than 150 software professionals across five offices. Mr. Pagel has also overseen the evolution of 8th Light’s apprenticeship program, transitioned the company to employee ownership, and set strategy to bring a set of services to market. He earned an executive master’s of business degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor of science degree in computer science from DePaul University. He can be reached at paul@8thlight.com.