Dave Liggat
Principal Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Liggat is a Principal Architect with 12 years of experience who blends hands-on software engineering with executive-level technical strategy at AWS, specializing in large-scale cloud migrations and AI-enabled transformations. He leads technical deal strategy and win initiatives for high-stakes customers, translating complex tradeoffs around model risk, cost, and governance into business-aligned outcomes. His background spans cloud-native architecture, automation, security, resiliency, and applied AI, and he comfortably moves from reference architecture to code when needed. Prior roles include founding a software consultancy and senior engineering positions at Google and NetApp, reflecting both startup grit and enterprise rigor. Based in Victoria, BC, he draws on a strong analytical foundation with a Master’s in Operations Research to frame technical decisions quantitatively. Colleagues rely on him to bridge technical depth and boardroom clarity during the most complex program deliveries.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Operations Research, Master's Degree Operations Research at The University of British Columbia
Github Skills (52)
automated-deployment10
accelerator10
security-automation10
networking10
infrastructure-management10
solution10
security10
aws10
configuration-file10
region10
architectures10
devops10
rapid8
fabric8
lambda8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dliggat/local-lambda-toolkit
Aug 2016 - Oct 2018
A starting point repository for rapid AWS Lambda software development
Contributions:35 commits, 8 PRs, 25 pushes in 2 years 2 months
starting-pointserverlessaws-lambdapointrapid
pelotontech/pelokit
Dec 2014 - Jul 2015
Contributions:53 commits, 6 PRs, 13 pushes in 6 months
apiruby-gempelotonrubygem
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