David Christiansen
Principal Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Provo, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Christiansen is a principal engineer with 16 years of experience helping organizations build pragmatic, low-risk web software that enables rapid learning and experimentation. He has led engineering teams from senior developer to VP and director roles, most recently joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise after senior leadership at ExecOnline and Stat. David blends deep technical practice—test-driven development, exploratory QA, and web application architecture—with coaching, training, and public speaking to raise engineering quality across organizations. His background spans startups and large enterprises, and he has a practical bent for shipping products that allow stakeholders time to discover what matters. Unusually for a senior engineer, he pursued creative writing studies at Cambridge, reflecting a strong interest in clear technical communication and storytelling. Based in Provo, Utah, he focuses on reducing delivery risk while preserving the flexibility teams need to innovate.
16 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Creative Writing, Master's degree, Creative Writing at University of CambridgeMasters Certificate, Information Technology Project Management, Masters Certificate, Information Technology Project Management at The George Washington University School of BusinessB.S., Mechanical Engineering, B.S., Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University
Github Skills (51)
azure-functions9
aws-lambda9
serverless8
serverless-framework8
aws8
lambda8
opensea7
cloud-services7
ruby-saml7
aws-dynamodb7
google-cloud-functions7
identity-provider7
serverless-architectures6
sdk6
rails6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
TroopTrack/ttm-expo
Feb 2020 - Nov 2021
TroopTrack Mobile - Expo Version
Contributions:10 PRs, 44 pushes, 12 branches in 1 year 10 months
react-nativeiosandroidmobile
TroopTrack/AHGequip
Jun 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:17 releases, 1 branch, 17 tags in 1 year 6 months
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