Summary
David Knickerbocker is a founder and intelligence architect with over two decades of hands-on experience spanning software development, data engineering, and security. He builds and operationalizes intelligence platforms—combining big data tools (Spark, Kafka, Hadoop) with practical ML and network analysis—to uncover hidden relationships and drive decision-ready insights. Proven in high-stakes environments, he led major server uplifts and datacenter migrations at McAfee and architected enterprise database consolidations and HA solutions for clients. A CISSP-certified practitioner fluent across Python data stacks, SQL and NoSQL databases, and both Linux and Windows ops, he bridges research-grade analysis with production-grade engineering. He’s also an author on network science with Python and quietly brings a rare mix of offensive security know-how (pen testing, Metasploit) and defensive architecture to his intelligence work. Based in Hillsboro, Oregon, he now advises and launches AI/analytics ventures focused on turning complex ecosystems into actionable intelligence.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Information Systems Management Information Systems Management Marketing, Information Systems Management Information Systems Management Marketing at Cedarville College
OCS
Masters Information Systems Management Programming Networking Databases System Analysis Risk Management, Masters Information Systems Management Programming Networking Databases System Analysis Risk Management at University of Phoenix
Information Systems Management Information Systems Management English, Information Systems Management Information Systems Management English at University of Maryland -- Asian Division
Japanese