Guy Harrison

Guy Harrison has a diverse and extensive work experience. Guy started their career at Pearson as an Author in 1997 and continued in that role until 2010. In 1998, they joined Quest Software and held various positions including Chief Architect, CTO APM BU, and Director of Engineering, ultimately becoming the Vice President of Software Engineering in 2012. During their time at Quest Software, Guy played a pivotal role in setting the strategy for the database tools group and invented several software products, such as the Spotlight product family, which generated over $1B in revenue. From 2012 to 2016, when Quest Software became part of Dell, Guy served as the Executive Director for R&D of Database Tools at the Dell Software Group, overseeing a global team of 220 software engineers. In 2015, they also worked as an Author for Apress. In 2016, Guy joined Mark Gurry & Associates as a Consultant and worked there until 2022. At the same time, they founded Southbank Software, an incubation startup of Toba Capital, where they served as the CTO and Enterprise Architect. Additionally, in 2022, Guy founded alwaysNFT.cloud. Overall, Guy Harrison has a strong background in software engineering, architecture, and entrepreneurship, with a focus on database tools and technology.

Guy Harrison attended the University of Melbourne from 1979 to 1981, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree. In addition to their formal education, they have obtained various certifications including Certified SAFe 5 Agilist from Scaled Agile, Inc. in June 2020, C100DEV: MongoDB Certified Developer Associate Exam from MongoDB, Inc. in August 2016, and C100DBA: MongoDB Certified DBA Associate Exam from MongoDB, Inc. in May 2016. It is also mentioned that they hold the Scrum Master Certified (SMC) certification from the International Scrum Institute™, but the exact time of obtaining this certification is not provided.