Former technology leader · Author

David Kim

Over three decades in technology I led teams at AWS and Honeywell, then co-founded Alchemaize, where I helped create Continuous Intent Delivery. I'm no longer working in the industry. This site is a record of that work and what I learned from it.

David Kim
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About

Three decades, briefly

My career ran about three decades and started in the Marine Corps. After that came embedded systems at Raytheon, a consulting firm of my own, and cloud and AI programs at Honeywell, Genpact and AWS.

In 2025 I co-founded Alchemaize with Glenn Knepp and Casey Robinson. Together we developed Continuous Intent Delivery, a way of building software when AI writes the code, and wrote a book about it. I left the company in July 2026.

I'm no longer working in the industry. The books and the method are out there for anyone who finds them useful.

Experience

Leadership Track Record

2025 - 2026

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

Alchemaize, Inc.

Co-founded with Casey Robinson and Glenn Knepp in August 2025. AI Orchestrator role on the three-person pod that proved Continuous Intent Delivery by shipping 35 production applications in 15 weeks. Created the CID / ELCID / CATALYST methodology stack. Built the compliance enforcement extensions (HIPAA, FedRAMP, Financial Services) that block non-compliant code at generation time. Co-authored the book.

AI-Native Methodology VOS Pipeline Design Compliance Tooling Founder
2021 - 2026

Senior Manager, Public Sector Shared Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Built and led three strategic organizations that accelerated cloud transformation across AWS's global public sector customer base. First-to-market Generative AI EBA framework that cut implementation timelines by 60%. $250M+ in cloud services delivered across 100+ annual engagements.

Gen AI EBA Framework Public Sector RAG / Bedrock $250M+ Delivered
2019 - 2021

Vice President, Cloud Advisory

Genpact

Founded and scaled a 220-person multi-cloud professional services practice. Generated $70M annual revenue.

Multi-Cloud Practice Development $70M Revenue
2017 - 2019

Senior Director, Global Software & Cloud Portfolio | Deputy CTO

Honeywell International

Directed $40M technology portfolio spanning mobile applications to IoT. Managed a 180-person global engineering organization.

IoT Azure Migration Strategic Planning
2015 - 2017

Founder and Chief Technology Officer

kFidelis, Inc

Launched a technology consulting firm specializing in public sector digital transformation. Generated $1M+ first-year revenue. Led SAFe Agile implementation for a 1,000+ person IT organization.

Startups Agile Transformation Public Sector
1992 - 2015

Earlier Experience

Managing Director

The Greentree Group (2004-2015)

Generated $10M+ in new revenue with 40% YoY growth. Managed $120M Agile development portfolio.

Sr Systems Engineer

Raytheon Missile Systems (1999-2004)

Developed embedded systems for mission-critical defense applications. Delivered $2M annual savings through virtualization.

Sergeant, US Marine Corps

Active Duty (1992-2000)

IT Project Manager. Mission-critical infrastructure. The discipline foundation underneath everything that followed.

Books

Three titles, one through-line

Methodology, personal finance, and memoir. The pattern is taking complex domains and writing the playbook.

Methodology · 2026

Continuous Intent Delivery

With Casey Robinson and Glenn Knepp

The first development framework designed from a blank sheet for the assumption that AI does the implementation. Built from the work of shipping 35 production apps in 15 weeks.

Personal Finance · 2025

The Real Money Guide

A personal-finance system, not a pep talk

Paired with 30+ interactive financial tools at therealmoneyguide.com. System over motivation.

Memoir · 2025

Bullets Don't Fly

A Supply Marine's Memoir

Eight years in the Marine Corps, the bankruptcy that followed, the rebuild. The foundation for every operating mode that came after.

Get In Touch

Questions about the books or the method

I've stepped back from Alchemaize. If you have a question about Continuous Intent Delivery or one of the books, email is the best way to reach me.