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Rod Davison

Expert in Advanced Technology, Project Management, and Education

With over 40 years of experience spanning project management, artificial intelligence, and IT infrastructure, I bring a wealth of knowledge and insight to the educational realm.
Oct 2021
Ottawa, Canada
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Rod Davison

    About

    With over 40 years of experience spanning project management, artificial intelligence, and IT infrastructure, I bring a wealth of knowledge and insight to the educational realm. My expertise extends into social research, theoretical mathematics, and linguistics, which enriches my approach to teaching and course development. I am dedicated to crafting educational resources that address emerging technologies and pressing social issues, ensuring that learners gain practical and forward-thinking skills. My career has involved significant roles in advanced software design and development, research in artificial intelligence and non-linear systems, and corporate training across various domains. I have a strong track record in content development for technical courses, project management, and educational methodologies. My commitment is to support innovative and challenging projects, helping to improve quality and capability in both technical and soft skills. In addition to my technical and scientific endeavors, I have extensive experience in public speaking, narration, and multimedia presentations. I am passionate about making a positive impact through education, striving to support those working towards meaningful change in a rapidly evolving world.

    "Expert in Advanced Technology, Project Management, and Education"

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    Courses

    Developing High Quality Specifications
    core

    Developing High Quality Specifications

    World class BAs consistently and efficiently produce high quality and effective requirements under challenging conditions. This course is a high level comprehensive introduction to the actual methods and tools used by the very best BAs.

    Rod Davison

    Sep 2024
    2h 45m
    Mastering the Business Analysis Process
    core

    Mastering the Business Analysis Process

    World class BAs consistently and efficiently produce high quality and effective requirements under challenging conditions. This course is a high level comprehensive introduction to the actual methods and tools used by the very best BAs.

    Rod Davison

    Sep 2024
    2h 35m
    Boots on the Ground –  Working with Stakeholders
    core

    Boots on the Ground – Working with Stakeholders

    Getting the right requirements and getting those requirements right are the most critical part of any project. This course explores the techniques and methods which expert business analysts use to produce high quality requirements and specifications that form the foundation of a successful development project. The challenge of getting high quality requirements is so daunting that project teams often move to writing code, which is relatively easy, before they know what the code should do, which is quite hard. Expert BAs have developed a set of processes, tools and methods that ensure they can manage the requirements process to produce effective requirements artifacts in a highly efficient manner. This course introduces students to these methods and techniques as they are actually used by world class BAs. This is a 3-part program. This is Module #3

    Rod Davison

    Sep 2024
    3h
    Best Practices in Business Analysis
    core

    Best Practices in Business Analysis

    Getting the right requirements and getting those requirements right are the most critical part of any project. This course explores the techniques and methods which expert business analysts use to produce high quality requirements and specifications that form the foundation of a successful development project. The challenge of getting high quality requirements is so daunting that project teams often move to writing code, which is relatively easy, before they know what the code should do, which is quite hard. Expert BAs have developed a set of processes, tools and methods that ensure they can manage the requirements process to produce effective requirements artifacts in a highly efficient manner. This course introduces students to these methods and techniques as they are actually used by world class BAs.

    Rod Davison

    Mar 2020
    8h 20m
    Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment in Action
    intermediate

    Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment in Action

    This course takes you through the fundamentals of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) to help you understand how CI/CD fits within DevOps, and how CI/CD is works to solve real world problems.

    Rod Davison

    Jul 2020
    45m
    Navigating GitHub
    core

    Navigating GitHub

    In this course, Rod Davison explores the many uses and tools available to developers in Github, and the ways in which the platform can be used by teams to build better software, more quickly and more effectively.

    Rod Davison

    Jul 2020
    50m
    Using Hadoop and Spark with AWS EMR
    core

    Using Hadoop and Spark with AWS EMR

    The Big Data Hadoop and Spark developer course has been designed to provide in-depth knowledge of Big Data processing using Hadoop and Spark in the AWS Elastic Map Reduce (EMR) environment. The practical hands-on aspects of the course focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), where all demos take place. This is Part #2

    Rod Davison

    Sep 2024
    3h 40m
    Introduction to AWS and Cloud Big Data
    core

    Introduction to AWS and Cloud Big Data

    The Big Data Hadoop and Spark developer course has been designed to provide in-depth knowledge of Big Data processing using Hadoop and Spark in the AWS Elastic Map Reduce (EMR) environment. The practical hands-on aspects of the course focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), where all demos take place. This is Part #1

    Rod Davison

    Sep 2024
    3h 25m
    Big Data Hadoop and Spark Developer in Amazon Elastic MapReduce
    advanced

    Big Data Hadoop and Spark Developer in Amazon Elastic MapReduce

    The Big Data Hadoop and Spark developer course has been designed to provide in-depth knowledge of Big Data processing using Hadoop and Spark in the AWS Elastic Map Reduce (EMR) environment. The practical hands-on aspects of the course focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), where all demos take place.

    Rod Davison

    Oct 2020
    7h 5m