Troy Larson
Software Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolTroy Larson is a seasoned software development manager and hands-on technologist with decades of developer experience and a decade in leadership roles, currently leading teams at Amazon Web Services. He blends deep expertise in software and hardware architecture, cloud and data platforms, and BI with proven delivery of high-revenue eCommerce, mobile, and marketing automation systems. Troy has led end-to-end transformations—redesigning platforms, implementing microservices, automated testing and real-time reporting, and ensuring SOX/PCI compliance—while managing DBAs, operations, and vendor relationships. Known as an "automation wizard and coach," he combines strategic roadmap, budgeting, and contract negotiation experience with practical coaching of engineering teams. Based in Virginia with an MEng in Computer Software Engineering from Penn State, he quietly balances enterprise-scale program leadership with ongoing creator activity as founder of troylarson.com.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng), Computer Software Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng), Computer Software Engineering at Penn State University
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Github Skills (124)
cloud-computing10
cost-optimization10
integrations10
gcp10
security10
automation10
governance10
serverless10
optimization10
thin10
no-code10
productivity-tools10
ai10
yaml10
management10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
awslabs/amazon-polly-tts-for-windows
Sep 2019 - May 2021
Amazon Polly voices for Windows SAPI TTS
Contributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 41 pushes in 1 year 7 months
sapivoiceswindowsamazonamazon-polly
Coda-Magic/gmail-labels-and-filters-magic-coda-pack
Nov 2022 - May 2024
Contributions:4 PRs, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 6 months
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