Dakota Duff
Head Of Engineering at Virga Labs
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDakota Duff is a seasoned technology and operations leader with over 15 years of hands-on experience building and running cloud-native infrastructure for high-impact organizations. As COO at Virga Labs he architects data platforms, decision-support tools, and public web applications that drive climate resilience and water planning across the Western U.S., pairing technical depth with stakeholder-facing strategy. He has repeatedly delivered cost, performance, and security improvements—examples include multi-hundred-thousand dollar annual AWS savings and major eCommerce optimizations for peak traffic. Dakota brings a rare blend of infrastructure engineering (Terraform, AWS, containerized pipelines) and product-focused delivery, having led migrations, CI/CD adoption, and shared tooling that improved maintainability across teams. Collected cross-sector experience—from biotech genomics pipelines to global eCommerce—lets him translate complex technical constraints into practical, auditable systems. Based in Boulder, he pairs an MBA with deep operational instincts and a passion for simplifying complexity to enable mission-driven teams.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management General, Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management General at Colorado State UniversityBA Communication, BA Communication at Pittsburg State University
Github Skills (7)
homebridge10
homekit10
siri9
integrate9
mqtt4
webhooks3
bond2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
remotelearner/moodle-block_grade_me
May 2011 - Aug 2012
Contributions:11 commits in 1 year 3 months
hjdhjd/homebridge-myq
Apr 2021 - Oct 2023
:car: myQ Liftmaster and Chamberlain Plugin for Homebridge https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge
Contributions:1 issue in 2 years 6 months
chamberlainliftmastergarage-doorgarage-door-openerhomekit
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