Andrew DavisEngineering Leadership | Golden, Colorado

Hi, I'm Andrew

I am a passionate, technically minded problem-solver with a right-brain flair. Whether I'm developing discount cash flow analysis algorithms for my personal project, FinKast, or exploring the alpine trails of Colorado’s Front Range with my dog, Burke, I thrive on tackling complex problems and continuously learning along the way.

Work Experience

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I am a career driven engineering leader, motivated by the prospect of tackling technically demanding, scientifically oriented problems through sound engineering practices, calm mindset, and a good question. Over the past decade in the government contracting space, I've applied deliberate thinking and sound engineering principles across a wide range of mission-critical domains from submarine systems and autonomous undersea platforms to NASA telescope data pipelines. I believe great systems make good decisions easier, and that clarity, curiosity, and composure are often the keys for navigating the toughest challenges.

Work Experience Highlights

  • FDA Medical Device Active Surveillance | Cloud ETL Architect
    Designed and integrated a GovCloud ready, ETL platform that ingests heterogeneous data broker feeds, enforces schema validation, and publishes analytics ready OMOP datasets. Implemented CI/CD pipelines (Terraform + GitHub Actions) and performance-tuned Spark/Glue jobs, trimming end-to-end processing latency by 88%.
  • NASA Astrophysics Division | Platform Architect
    Captured science-team requirements and authored the reference architecture for an open-science telescope data lake: tiered S3 storage, serverless query layers (Athena/Glue), and containerized notebook environments delivered via CI/CD.
  • U.S. Navy MK18 UUV | MLOps Lead
    Built an end-to-end sonar-imagery annotation pipeline complete with a UI, environment aware data augmentation capability, and automated model evaluation tools that boosted object-detection precision and cut evaluation cycles by 80%.
  • U.S. Navy Virginia Class Submarine | Fluid Systems Engineer
    Performed multi-phase CFD and piping-arrangement studies, translating high-level MIL-SPEC requirements into verifiable system designs. Managed requirement traceability, executed flow rate analyses, and delivered weekly earned-value reports that aligned design progress with shipyard production milestones.

Projects & Interests

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Expanding boundaries is at the core of my personal philosophy. I enjoy a balance of pushing myself mentally and physically to attain new heights— whether it be in the literal sense, hiking one of Colorado’s many 14ers, or in the abstract, learning about the nuances climate has on the caramelization characteristics of coffee beans. I have always been driven by a deep, unrelenting curiosity. This passion for exploration fuels my constant desire to learn and understand the smallest details of the world we live in.

What I’m Currently Exploring

Backcountry Skiing

Skiing is a true passion of mine, and this past season was one for the books. I was fortunate enough to be able to head out to the San Juan's for a heli-skiing trip at Silverton Mountain and make a first personal descent down the Big Couloir at Big Sky, Montana.

Backcountry Skiing

Coffee Roasting

Coffee roasting has been something that I find peace in. Although it may seem like a simple activity, the complexity, nuance, and scientific nature of the process continues to peak my interest. Currently my favorite roast is with a Rwandan dry process bean that creates a tangy and floral profile.

Coffee Roasting

Fly Fishing

I have been fishing my entire life so when I moved to Colorado it was natural to pick up fly fishing. Fishing has been a great way for me to explore the mountains and rivers of Colorado...still working on the catching part.

Fly Fishing

FinKast — Portfolio Management

A deep interest in the financial markets led me to embark on a personal project that would help make better sense of the buzz of the markets. I have spent the last five years developing and improving a cloud-native app that blends quantitative analytics with generative AI summaries to surface sharable, actionable investment insights.

FinKast — Portfolio Management

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