David Taberner
Founder at NewTrax Consulting
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Taberner is a founder and seasoned IT consultant with over 15 years of experience helping organizations in healthcare, insurance, regulation and public sector optimize processes and deliver practical software solutions. He combines hands-on engineering and cloud architecture skills—self-described "Cloud Wrangler"—with a strong ability to translate business requirements into implementable technical roadmaps. David has repeatedly led digital transformation engagements from vision and prototyping through data-driven implementation, and his background bridging business and development reduces risk and speeds delivery. Notably, he contributes to open-source tooling around cloud authentication, having improved SAML SSO and YubiKey support for AWS STS in a popular GitHub project. He holds a Master of Management in Artificial Intelligence and applies ML-minded thinking to extract insights from data while keeping solutions pragmatic and auditable. Based in Kelowna, BC, he brings an uncommon mix of technical depth, regulatory domain experience, and entrepreneurial delivery.
11 years of coding experience
Applied Information Technology (AIP), Applied Information Technology (AIP) at Information Technology Institute (ITI)Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General at Bishop's UniversityMaster of Management in Artificial Intelligence, Master of Management in Artificial Intelligence at Smith School of Business at Queen's University
Github Skills (9)
user-authentication10
authentication10
single-sign-on10
aws10
google10
python10
saml10
base64-encoding10
cli7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
cevoaustralia/aws-google-auth
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
Provides AWS STS credentials based on Google Apps SAML SSO auth (what a jumble!)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 10 comments in 14 days
Contributions summary:David primarily focused on improving the authentication flow, specifically addressing issues related to Google Apps SAML SSO with Yubikey. They implemented features to handle custom field objects and correct base64 encoding/decoding requirements. The user also fixed linting issues and made the code compatible with Python 3.x. These changes involved modifying the `google.py` file, which directly relates to the project's core functionality of AWS STS credentials based on Google Apps SAML SSO auth.
pythongooglesingle-sign-onamazonauthentication
adcreare/dreamflare
Oct 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:1 release, 42 commits, 21 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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