Your host is David “Dave” Shields, a doctoral candidate and seasoned industry veteran in IT and Identity and Access Management. He is employed full-time as the IAM Principal Consultant for Moonshot Solutions, an IT Service company near Kansas City, MO. Dave lives in the Kansas City, MO, Metro area with his wife, four kids, two dogs, and one cat.

When Dave is not building awesome IAM things for his clients, working on his Doctorate, or playing games with his kids, he enjoys creating EDM music, playing video games, and doing multimedia work. Dave also believes in giving back to his community, as evidenced by his extensive volunteer work.