Dave began his professional career working in a government lab in collaboration with resident scientists. Exploring alternative approaches to the analysis of various satellite data and developing analysis tools suitable for the scientists provided ample opportunity to polish his coding skills.

Dave began his professional career working in a government lab in collaboration with resident scientists. Exploring alternative approaches to the analysis of various satellite data and developing analysis tools suitable for the scientists provided ample opportunity to polish his coding skills.

Subsequent employment has taken Dave through multiple roles supporting large user communities, including overseeing Internet security concerns in a data warehouse, participating in the design and early development of an online medical records system, and supporting various Internet resources for several international user groups.

In recent years, Dave has also taught several hundred programming and sys-admin classes to a variety of engineers.