David Witherspoon
Fellow Sr Principal Software Engineer Lead Software Architect at Parsons Corporation
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Witherspoon is a Fellow Sr. Principal Software Engineer and Lead Software Architect with nearly three decades of experience building cloud-native, message-driven microservices and AI/ML-enabled platforms. He has architected and delivered production systems using Java/Spring, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka/RabbitMQ, Solr, and MongoDB, notably leading the KaaS Knowledge-as-a-Service platform that enriches public data with machine learning analytics. Comfortable moving between hands-on engineering and cross-organizational leadership, he has a track record of marrying research-grade NLP and ML pipelines with robust enterprise SOA designs for defense and commercial customers. He founded a consultancy to bring cloud-native and ML solutions to industry, and continues to drive innovation at Parsons while mentoring teams on software best practices and twelve-factor design. Based in Colorado Springs, he blends deep systems architecture expertise with practical delivery, and uniquely combines long-term legacy systems experience with modern cloud and AI toolchains.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
University of KansasMaster of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder
Stackoverflow
703reputation
84kreached
8answers
8questions
Github Skills (37)
docker8
golang8
java7
spring7
html6
webserver6
integration-testing6
go6
amazon-ec26
spring-boot6
websocket6
amazon-iam6
amazon-web-services6
spring-integration6
storm6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dwitherspoon/docker-compose
Apr 2017 - Jan 2022
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 4 years 10 months
dwitherspoon/docker-allegrograph
Oct 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:3 commits, 4 pushes, 1 issue in 1 year
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