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.
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