David Erickson
Distinguished Search AI Specialist at Elastic
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Erickson is a Distinguished Search AI Specialist with 11 years of experience focused on delivering GenAI and search solutions for the U.S. public sector and federal customers. At Elastic he has progressed from solutions architect to senior leadership, running the company’s US government-focused subsidiary and now driving customer GenAI outcomes. He blends deep technical expertise in search and applied AI with strong strategic engagement at the C-suite and agency levels, routinely scaling teams and programs from startup-sized squads to IPO-era operations. A Brown-educated computer scientist, he has a track record of award-winning solution architecture across multiple database and search platforms and a hands-on history of rapidly shipping production services for mission-driven organizations. Notably, he pairs tactical product delivery with an ability to translate complex AI capabilities into measurable customer missions and outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
ScB Computer Science, ScB Computer Science at Brown University
Github Skills (45)
search-engine10
opensearch10
observability10
kibana10
java10
restful10
elasticsearch10
elastic10
visualizations10
vector9
evaluation-framework8
python8
chatgpt7
langchain7
openai6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
derickson/derickson.github.io
Mar 2015 - Apr 2023
Contributions:8 PRs, 81 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years 2 months
react
azathought/azathought.github.io
Jan 2017 - Feb 2023
azathought public web presense
Contributions:312 commits, 222 PRs, 375 pushes in 6 years 2 months
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