Summary
David Caddick is a seasoned Microsoft security consultant with over a decade of experience and a 30-year IT background, specialising in getting the most out of M365 licensing for security outcomes. He architects and leads large-scale deployments of Microsoft Defender, Purview and Sentinel—ranging from single tenants to 100-agency federations—focusing on automation, multi‑tenant scale and SecOps throughput. David translates E5 entitlements into measurable risk reduction, cost control and Secure Score improvements while advising on pragmatic adoption of Security Copilot. His career spans senior roles at Microsoft, LAB3 and Empired and a history in virtualization and endpoint architectures dating back to Citrix and HP. Now based in Western Australia, he combines hands-on delivery with strategic roadmaps and an uncommon background as a former RAAF electrical apprentice and certified yachtmaster that sharpens his operational discipline.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
AppSense Certified Administrator, AppSense Certified Administrator at AppSense Certified Professional 3.0
Raspberry Pi - Configuration, Fez HAT, IoT Hubs, Connecting to Azure, Raspberry Pi - Configuration, Fez HAT, IoT Hubs, Connecting to Azure at Microsoft Dev Camp - Internet of Things
Technical Trainers Certificate, Deep understanding of how to teach Technical subjects in a working environment, Technical Trainers Certificate, Deep understanding of how to teach Technical subjects in a working environment at British Aerospace, Blackpool
MS Azure Cloud, MS Azure Cloud at MS Azure Bootcamp
Yacht Master - Offshore, Royal Yacht Assoc. (RYA) Offshore Yachtmasters Certificate, Yacht Master - Offshore, Royal Yacht Assoc. (RYA) Offshore Yachtmasters Certificate at Solent School of Yachting, Hamble
Security+, Security+ at CompTIA
Electrical Trade Apprenticeship, Electrical Trade Apprenticeship at Royal Australian Air Force School of Technical Training