Dan Lyker

Dan Lyker has extensive work experience in the technology industry. Dan started their career as an intern at MSA in 2000. Dan then worked as an Application Developer at Amerinet from 2001 to 2006. Following that, they joined K&L Gates as a Programmer Analyst for a brief period in 2006. In 2007, they became a Senior Software Engineer at HP3 Software Inc before transitioning to the role of IT Manager at PPG Industries in 2009. Dan worked at PPG Industries for over twelve years and then moved on to become a Cloud IT Manager at Global Payments Inc. in 2021. Currently, they hold the position of Technical Director, Software Development at FreedomPay since July 2023.

Dan Lyker completed their Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics/Computer Science at Grove City College from 1997 to 2001. Dan then pursued a Master of Science degree in Computer Science at the University of Pittsburgh from 2002 to 2005.

In terms of certifications, Dan obtained the following:

- In February 2019, they completed the "Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging" course from LinkedIn.

- In February 2019, they completed the "Creating a Positive Customer Experience" course from LinkedIn.

- In February 2019, they completed the "Jeff Dyer on Innovation" course from LinkedIn.

- In February 2019, they completed the "Leading with Innovation" course from LinkedIn.

- In March 2019, they completed the "Breaking Out of a Rut" course from LinkedIn.

- In March 2019, they completed the "Fostering Innovation" course from LinkedIn.

- In March 2019, they completed the "Leading and Working in Teams" course from LinkedIn.

- In March 2019, they completed the "Managing Team Creativity" course from LinkedIn.

- In March 2019, they completed the "Risk-Taking for Leaders" course from LinkedIn.

- In April 2019, they completed the "Collaboration Principles and Process" course from LinkedIn.

- In December 2019, they completed the "Six Sigma Foundations" course from LinkedIn.

- In January 2020, they completed the "Agile Foundations" course from LinkedIn.

- In September 2020, they obtained the "Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist" certification from Scaled Agile, Inc.

- In June 2021, they obtained the "Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals" certification from Microsoft.

- In February 2023, they obtained the "Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure" certification from Coursera.