David Pearson MBCS CITP CEng
Experienced Software Architect, Author, Inventor, Open Source Enthusiast
Lover Of Jaguar cars, Apple Development, Football & Parapsychology
About Me
I'm a senior solution architect at Red Hat, working with ecosystem partners to help them drive business outcomes with Red Hat's portfolio and Open Source at scale. I have over three decades of client facing experience in IT consulting, solution architecture, software and sales engineering roles. I'm a certified Open Group TOGAF Enterprise Architect, a chartered engineer in the UK, a technical author and presenter with a track record of innovation, including many patent disclosures. I'm active in a number of open source areas including, automation, Python, Mobile Apps / Apple Swift, IBM Power & zSystem platforms and container storage solutions. Outside work, I love Jaguar cars, support West Ham Utd and interested in parapsychology, I'm also the chair for the BCS Open Source Special Interest Group.
Events I've Presented At
Jan 2009: Orlando - Lotusphere - MS Office to Lotus SymphonyJan 2010: Orlando - Lotusphere - One smart move, making transition to symphonyFeb 2011: Italian open source focus groupMar 2014: RestFUL services for Mobile & IBM ConnectionsApr 2016: IBM Cloud Academy - Architecting Mobile Solutions on IBM SoftLayer & BluemixJun 2016: IBM Architects Event - Mobile On BluemixOct 2016: IBM Cloud University - Migration To MFP v8 & MFP on SoftLayer & BluemixNov 2023: IBM Power TechXchange in Paris - What’s Red Hat Quay & How To Use It For App ModernisationJan 2024: IBM EMEA TechXchange in Barcelona - What’s Red Hat Quay & How To Use It For App Modernisation
Skills & Achievements
Enterprise Architecture & Frameworks
Design Thinking / Agile Delivery
Consulting - Full Project Delivery
Integration Solutions - API's / Kafka
Application Modernisation / Cloud Native
IBM Power & zSystems Solutions
Red Hat platform - Linux, Ansible & OpenShift
App Development - Apple Swift, Python & Go
Author: IBM Redbook - Security Implementation with Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Power Systems
Patent: Location and Connection Type Aware Message Notification Based on Emoji Sentiment
Patent: (PGIP) Browser tab organisation based on DOM activity
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