I am a Senior DevOps Advocate on the GitHub Enterprise Advocates Team. I am is very passionate about DevOps and application modernization. I am a link between the product group and customers and I have led executive briefings with leaders from 100’s of GitHub’s enterprise customers. I joined Microsoft in January 2016 and moved over to GitHub in 2020. I have spent time as a consultant and in technical sales prior to joining the product group. I have been focused on DevOps the entire time.

I have worked in the software development industry my entire career. Having worked for both startups and large companies, my strength is my view and knowledge of the overall software development lifecycle paired with technical skills which allow me to manage DevOps culture, processes & tools that enable software development teams to become as innovative, efficient and productive as possible.

• Getting the most out of Azure DevOps and GitHub - Learn about all the new (and planned) ways we are making it easier to acquire and use Azure DevOps and GitHub together. Hear about the new features we are launching within GHE, with updates to Issues and data residency. Use GitHub repositories, Copilot, Codespaces, and Advanced Security to improve your developer’s productivity while leveraging your existing assets in Azure Boards, Pipelines, and Test Plans to keep your enterprise development teams moving forward. (Co-presented with Aaron Hallberg | LinkedIn)

• 2024-10-10 Accelerate Developer Productivity with a Seamless One-Platform Experience | LinkedIn - GitHub serves as a backbone of DevOps toolchains, featuring first-class integrations with JFrog, Docker, Azure Boards, and more. Discover how developers can streamline their workflows, working faster, more efficiently, and securely, with fewer context switches by leveraging the seamless GitHub and JFrog integration with Copilot AI package insights. Join Dave Burnison and Melissa McKay on October 10th to explore how integrating GitHub and JFrog can streamline your development workflows and enhance the security of your applications. (Co-presented with Melissa McKay | LinkedIn, Head of DevRel from JFrog)
• 2024-11-07 IT Webinar: Boost Developer Productivity: GitHub & JFrog Integration in Action - In an era where productivity, automation, and security are paramount, it's crucial to have a unified one-platform experience that seamlessly manages and secures the entire software supply chain. Join us for this exclusive webinar, where experts from GitHub and JFrog demonstrate how their powerful integration simplifies DevOps processes from code to cloud. Discover how GitHub and JFrog work together to provide a frictionless platform, supported by robust AI-powered technologies that streamline development, reduce context switching, increase collaboration, automate workflows, and secure applications across the entire software lifecycle. (co presented w/ Yonatan Arbel | LinkedIn

In 2024 Dave was awarded the Microsoft Executive Briefing Center’s (EBC) Performance Excellence award. The award winners for this category represent our best speakers based on feedback from customers, NSAT scores, and number of deliveries over the year. See http://aka.ms/DaveBurnison2024EBCAward

In 2022 Dave was awarded the Microsoft Executive Briefing Center’s (EBC) Distinguished Speaker award. Distinguished Speaker is the highest achievement Microsoft has at the EBC. This award recognizes speakers who embody all attributes of EBC and customer engagement best practices. See http://aka.ms/DaveBurnison2022EBCAward