Garret Fick

I am a Principal Engineer with two decades of experience designing and scaling critical software infrastructure, from low-level embedded systems to enterprise-wide distributed security. Currently at Amazon, I lead the technical strategy for the company's core non-person access control solution, including for agent actors.

My professional journey has taken me from developing electronics and FPGA design tools at National Instruments to co-founding SnapEDA, a Y Combinator-backed startup. Throughout my career, I've been passionate about open source. I am the developer of IronPLC, a Rust-based parser for industrial automation control, and have contributed to other projects like OpenPLC.

I hold an M.Sc. in Computer Science with a specialization in Machine Learning from the Georgia Institute of Technology. I also hold a BASc and MASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. I've worked in Canada, the United States, and China.