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Daniel joined QA in 2006, having previously worked first as a developer and then a trainer on the Microsoft stack. He is an Authorized Amazon Instructor Champion and holds all of the current AWS certifications. As a Learning Consultant, Daniel focuses on creating and delivering courses about cloud services, service-oriented architectures, software development, DevOps and data engineering.
Daniel also delivers our Google Cloud Platform courses, and holds 2 GCP certifications: Data Engineering Professional and Architect Professional. Other areas of expertise include: C#, .NET and agile development.
His areas of interest also include Microsoft Azure, Python, sailing, skiing and cycling – although not necessarily in that order or at the same time.
The benefits of AWS certification
Understand more about AWS certifications and their associated benefits, the certification lifecycle, and QA training courses…
29 January 2020AWS re:Invent 2016 - Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
In your organisation, are you considered a leader? If so, do you spend your day at the helm or are you on deck with the team?…
02 December 2016AWS re:Invent 2016 - Certified Big Data - Specialty
QA's AWS Principal Technologist is at AWS re:Invent 2016. In this final blog he shares his first impressions of the beta-stag…
05 December 2016Converting CloudFormation JSON templates into YAML
People keep asking me why I'm so excited about YAML in CloudFormation. The simple answer is that it's easier for humans to re…
07 December 2016A first look at the new Migrating to AWS course
QA's AWS Principal Technologist, Daniel Ives, gives an overview of the latest AWS course, called Migrating to AWS.
24 February 2017The benefits of the cloud and Amazon Web Services (AWS)
If you read the tech press, you would think absolutely everybody was moving to the cloud. But is that just hype, or is it rea…
09 February 2017Dude, where's my Data?
QA's Principal Technologist gives his experience of the Google Data Engineering course.
08 August 2017The Advanced Networking on AWS Exam, now Proctored by PSI
QA's AWS Principal Technologist recently passed the Advanced Networking on AWS Exam and joins the elite group of people who h…
24 October 2017AWS re:Invent 2017 - AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam
QA's AWS Principal Technologist, Daniel Ives, is at AWS re:Invent 2017 in Las Vegas. He shares his impressions of the AWS Cer…
29 November 2017AWS re:Invent 2017 - What happens in Vegas... | QA
QA's AWS Principal Technologist, Daniel Ives, summarises his experiences at AWS re:Invent 2017 in Las Vegas
29 January 2018