David George Hope

Solutions Architect at SpaceX AI

New York · Cobblehurst · family outside of work

Solutions Architect at SpaceX AI, focused on practical systems that connect product, platform, and operations. Previously led product marketing for Observability at Elastic after earlier work as a sales engineer.

Builds demo generators, instrumentation and observability tools, and personal projects around OpenTelemetry, AI-powered observability, SRE tooling, and small product experiments.

Experience

Solutions Architect · SpaceX AI

Current

Director of Product Marketing, Observability · Elastic

Past

Former sales engineer at Elastic.

Selected projects

  • Vibecaster

    AI social media automation — generate, schedule, and post across X, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

  • Contractor Relief

    AI voice and SMS agent that finds, qualifies, and follows up with local contractors.

  • Messaging Engine

    PMM workbench that turns practitioner pain points into scored, traceable messaging assets.

  • Shortest

    Door-to-door route finder that ranks drive, transit, and flight options by leave-door to arrive-door time. Hosted on LiveLabs.

  • ducktel

    Lightweight local OpenTelemetry backend — OTLP in, Parquet storage, SQL out for agent workflows.

  • Observability demos

    Demo generators and instrumentation examples around OpenTelemetry and SRE-style tooling.

  • Nox Voice

    Two-way AI phone conversations over Twilio Media Streams and the OpenAI Realtime API.

  • CompIntels

    AI-powered competitive intelligence for sales teams.

  • KidVid

    Offline Android video player with a simple swipe interface, built as a personal project.

Blog

  • Give your Grok Bot a phone number

    A number people can call, a receptionist Grok, and a webhook into the Grok Bot that already has your mail and calendar. Two signups, numbered steps.

Education

  • Brunel University

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