Dave McCollough

Dave McCollough has over 30 years of work experience, starting as a Store Manager at Nash Finch Company from 1990 to 2005. Dave then worked as a Software Engineer at Fiserv from 2005 to 2014, where they developed customer-facing applications and provided product support. From 2014 to 2016, Dave held various roles at WOWCLOWD™, including DevOps Manager, Senior Software Engineer, and Software Quality Assurance Manager/Lead Support Analyst. Dave then served as the Enterprise Software Development Manager and Vice President of Information Technology at Prime Communications, Inc. from 2016 to 2022. In 2021, Dave worked as an Author at CloudSkills.io before joining Geokey in 2022 as the Chief Technology Officer. In their most recent role as a Technical Consultant, Dave identified and executed tasks in the software development life cycle, automated tasks using appropriate tools and technologies, and ensured technical implementations aligned with business processes.

Dave McCollough completed their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Management Information Systems from Doane University in 2005. Dave also obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Human Relations from the same university in the same year. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained the following: AI for Everyone from DeepLearning.AI in January 2023, ISO 27001:2013 Internal Auditor Course from Advisera Expert Solutions Ltd in September 2022, EU GDPR DPO course from Advisera Expert Solutions Ltd in April 2022, ISO 27001:2013 Foundations Course from Advisera Expert Solutions Ltd in March 2022, Foundations of Purple Teaming from AttackIQ in February 2022, Foundations of Operationalizing MITRE ATT&CK from AttackIQ in September 2021, Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals from Microsoft in August 2021, Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals from Microsoft in August 2021, Azure AI Fundamentals from Microsoft in July 2021, Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals from Microsoft in July 2021, IBM Blockchain Essentials V2 from IBM in May 2021, [PCEP-30-01] PCEP – Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer from Python Institute in February 2021, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate from HashiCorp in October 2020, Cybersecurity Fundamentals for Engineers from ConnectWise in April 2020, Microsoft 365 Certified Fundamentals from Microsoft in October 2019, Azure Solutions Architect Masters Program from CloudSkills.io in May 2019, Powershell Deep Dive Workshop from CloudSkills.io in April 2019, Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in February 2020, Smartsheet Product Certified User from Smartsheet in September 2019. Lastly, they completed the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification, but specific information regarding the month and year of completion was not provided.