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David Lapsley

Executive Engineering Leader specializing in AI infrastructure and cloud platforms

Tampa, FLFounder & CEO14 years experienceExecutiveCloud ComputingArtificial IntelligenceCybersecurity
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Founder building Shipkode.ai, an enterprise SaaS product using generative AI to automate the front half of the software development lifecycle—from idea and customer feedback to engineering-ready specifications—with a beta planned for the first week of April. Has spoken with 24+ VCs over two years and mentors cybersecurity startups through the Tampa Bay Wave accelerator, emphasizing rigorous customer discovery to avoid misaligned product development.

Experience

Founder & CEOShipKodeAI, Inc
Director, AWS Network Fabric ControllersAmazon Web Services
VP, EngineeringCorelight
Director, EngineeringMetacloud / Cisco
Engineering Manager, Data ScienceOpenX

Education

University of Melbournedoctorate, Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Monash Universitybachelor, Electrical & Computer Systems Eng.

Key Strengths

  • Building Shipkode.ai (consulting + product) with enterprise SaaS beta shipping first week of April
  • Deep customer-discovery driven approach to validating ideas and guiding product development
  • Strong familiarity with VC ecosystem (spoke with 24+ VCs over 2 years)
  • Mentor/advisor in Tampa Bay Wave accelerator, advising cybersecurity startups
  • Clear product vision: automating idea-to-engineering-ready specs to remove SDLC bottlenecks in AI-accelerated development

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