Summary
David Shrimpton is a senior operations and engineering program leader with over 20 years’ experience delivering complex software, product and AIML programs at companies including Apple, Shazam and VEON. He blends servant leadership and data-driven process design to boost team throughput, visualise SDLCs, and move organisations toward self-organised, low-constraint cultures. At Apple he drives search quality and AIML program delivery while independently prototyping applied AI solutions—RAG, vector DBs and Model Context Protocol-based search agents—to explore next‑gen intelligent systems. Known for turning ideas into shipped features, he has a track record of improving delivery velocity and building cross-functional alignment across product, ML and infrastructure teams. Based in Seattle, he also mentors teams and volunteers to help small organisations adopt lean practices, reflecting a career that spans broadcast journalism roots to large-scale technical leadership.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BA Hons Journalism, BA Hons Journalism at University of the Arts London
Post Grad Broadcast Journalism, Post Grad Broadcast Journalism at Falmouth University