David Kan

About David Kan

10+ years of TPM experience and 11+ years of direct collaboration with engineering teams. 20+ years of expertise in IT, cloud computing, cybersecurity, with problem-solving and strategic thinking abilities. Skilled in designing and developing projects using Python, data analytics and visuals, and Kanban. Expert in driving enterprise-wide campaigns, risk mitigation strategies, and fostering team dynamics. Influential leader recognized for top-tier performance at Amazon, with a remarkable track record of leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results, exhibiting strong ownership, bias for action, and customer obsession.TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:Language: Python, MySQL, T-SQL, HTML5, CSS, Unified Modeling Language (UML)AI/ML: Amazon Q Developer + Pycharm, Kiro and Wasabi CLI Agents, MCP, Bedrock Runtime SDK, AI Practitioner, Amazon Quick SuiteAmazon Web Services Cloud: Virtual Private Cloud, EC2, EBS, S3, Lambda, Athena, Glue, Aurora, RDS, QuickSight, Transcribe, Amazon QNetworking: OSI Layers, Kerberos, SSL/TLS, X.509, TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6 Subnetting, Network Security, Network Management and Control, Wireshark, VPN, VDN, nmap, zenmap, tcpdump, windump, SMAC, Crunch, Metasploit, Hydra, packet analysisSoftware: Tableau Desktop, PyCharm IDE, MySQL Workbench, MS Office Suite, Visio, Project 2013, Visual Studio 2013, SharePoint 2007, MS SQL Server 2012, Team Viewer 9, Adobe Photoshop 9.0, Sony Vegas Pro 12, Camtasia Studio 8, AutoCAD 4.0, FileZilla, jGRASP, Notepad++, VirtualBox, VMwareHardware: Cisco Routers/Switches, Serial Servers, CDM Modems, PRC-117 Radio, AGIG, Downconverter, Mitech, Oscilloscopes, Watkins Johnson, Spectrum Analyzers, UHF/KU Receiver, IPricot S-1100, INMARSAT, Winchester Servers, RAID’s, Radar Electronic Assembly, FPGA, BFTOther: Asana, Smartsheet, Kanban, NIST 800-30, ISO PCI DSS 3.2, SCRUM, HCI, SDLC, Heuristic Evaluation

Experience

1. Principal Technical Program Manager (Cloudtune)

   Amazon

   Oct 2024 — Present · Irvine, CA, US

   Reduced cloud infrastructure costs by $176.9MM in 2025 by implementing automated capacity retention, reuse, suspension, and optimization frameworks across global compute environments. Additionally, generated $199.2MM in revenue through AWS spot market monetization of idle capacity. Sustained a green performance goal for the entire year for the first time in the program\'s 10-year history, producing a $66.3MM budget surplus, improving cost-to-capacity performance by more than 10%, and lowering expected spend from $285.5MM to $219.2MM. Pioneered AI-powered infrastructure optimization by delivering two large-scale live demos to 220+ engineering leaders: i) AWS Bedrock Token Per Minute (TPM) Quota Clawback automation engaging 233 owners across 376 accounts to reallocate 77.6MM TPM, and ii) CloudTune Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server demonstrating production AI infrastructure enabling builders to answer complex capacity planning questions in minutes instead of weeks. Authored AI/ML infrastructure 40+ guides, served as the organization\'s AI leader, and trained teams on 17+ AI tools. Published 3YP and Operations Framework for cloud capacity management, establishing intake management and dependency tracking. Streamlined collaboration across engineering teams, managed 191+ requests, saved 500+ coordination hours annually, recovered at-risk program through SDE hiring, delivered 12 flagship goals and 16 automation wins. Automated capacity release planning, generated 45K+ release plans representing 129K servers of projected supply, saving 3.8K+ annual builder hours, improving plan accuracy to 84%, and accelerating capacity reuse to reduce $19MM in monthly costs. Enabled AWS’s regional diversification strategy by developing a migration impact estimator with the Science team for AWS European-based regions. The model improved resource level forecasting accuracy, supported regional flexibility goals, and strengthened collaboration across more than 30 SVPs.

Education

• Sandia National Laboratories

  Certification, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) - KU Band

  2011 — 2011

• University of Washington

  Certificate, Information Security & Risk Management

  2015 — 2016

• River Ridge High School

  HS, Diploma

  1998 — 2002

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Certification, Airborne Global Information Grid (AGIG) System

  2011 — 2011

• University of Washington Tacoma

  Master's degree, Cybersecurity and Leadership (MCL)

  2015 — 2016

• National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC)

  Counter Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED)

  2012 — 2012

• BAE Systems

  Certification, SOCET GXP Extreme Analysis

  2012 — 2012

• Pierce College at Fort Steilacoom

  Associate's degree, Technology General

  2007 — 2007

• University of Washington

  Certificate, Python Programming

  2017 — 2018

• Center for Information Dominance

  Certification, Digital Communication Analysis

  2004 — 2004

• University of Washington Tacoma

  Bachelor of Science (ABET), Information Technology & Systems (ITS)

  2013 — 2015

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Certification, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) - UHF Band

  2012 — 2012

Skills

• Army
• Requirements Analysis
• Research
• Problem Solving
• Information Assurance
• Security Operations
• Computer Hardware
• Intelligence Analysis
• Information Technology
• Security Clearance
• Microsoft Office
• Radar
• Military
• Engineering
• Telecommunications
• Analysis
• Tactics
• Linux
• Integration
• Imint
• Navy
• Special Operations
• Airborne Sensors
• Programming
• Dod
• Security
• Scrum
• Identity & Access Management (Iam)
• Defense
• Systems Engineering
• Government
• Team Building
• C-Ied Operations
• Testing
• Proposal Writing
• Policy
• Windows
• Electronics
• Classified Information and Materials Security
• Team Leadership