Nic Acton
Principal Field Engineer at Aurasell AI
Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolNic Acton is a Principal Field Engineer with 11 years of experience combining cybersecurity, AI/ML, data science, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure to deliver practical, enterprise-grade solutions. As a founding GTM field engineer at Aurasell AI, he blends technical leadership with top-tier sales acumen to build go-to-market motions and technical teams for AI-driven seller platforms. His background includes federal and DoD-focused pre-sales and solutions architecture at Wiz, Harness, and Snorkel AI, plus systems engineering and innovation work across the Intelligence Community at In-Q-Tel. Nic pairs a Virginia Tech master’s in computer engineering with hands-on systems prototyping, V&V, and event-driven deployments, bringing both academic rigor and field-tested delivery. Outside work he pursues design projects, mentors non-traditional technologists, and studies anthropology—an eclectic mix that informs his human-centered approach to technical problem solving. Known among peers as a “crafter of clouds, code, and containers,” he quietly combines technical depth with a proven track record in federal and commercial GTM.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Certificate Urban Computing, Graduate Certificate Urban Computing at Virginia TechMaster’s Degree Computer Engineering, Master’s Degree Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech College of EngineeringBachelor of Science (B.S.) Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Engineering at James Madison University
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Github contributions (5)
tuffacton/tuffacton.github.io
Apr 2016 - Nov 2022
Contributions:6 PRs, 31 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 8 months
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tuffacton/ece-5714
Jan 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:22 commits, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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