David Nalley is Director of Developer Experience at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he leads efforts to improve how developers interact with AWS services and technologies. He brings over two decades of experience in technology to his role.
Nalley previously served as President of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) for 4 years. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Internet Security Research Group, the organization behind Let’s Encrypt, and is the governing board chair of the Agentic AI Foundation.
At AWS, Nalley works to connect cloud technologies with developer needs and strengthen relationships between AWS and the developer community. His organization focuses on ensuring AWS services meet real-world developer requirements while advancing strategic initiatives that benefit both AWS and the broader developer ecosystem.