Summary
David Clark is a Senior Lead Architect with 11 years of focused experience delivering high-quality, high-performance software across finance and observability domains, currently leading architecture at JPMorgan Chase. Grounded in JVM technologies with roots in C++ and early .NET work, he excels at solving hard problems—building new systems, rescuing struggling projects, and optimizing demanding libraries and applications. His background spans startups and large enterprises (Moogsoft, Capital One, USAA, Research Now), where he blended hands-on engineering with technical leadership. An engaging communicator, he regularly presents at user groups and has spoken at the 2016 G3 Summit, reflecting a knack for translating complex technical ideas for broader audiences. Based in Frisco, Texas and trained in Engineering Physics from BYU, he brings a pragmatic, physics-informed approach to system design and performance tuning.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics at Brigham Young University