Principal Solutions Architect at Quest Software — helping Fortune 500 organizations modernize their Active Directory, secure hybrid identity, and navigate complex tenant migrations.
I'm a Principal Solutions Architect at Quest Software, where I've spent more than 15 years as one of the most-utilized presales resources on the migration team. My work spans the full presales lifecycle — from discovery to SOW — for Fortune 500 clients navigating complex Active Directory modernization, hybrid identity transformation, and tenant-to-tenant migrations.
Before Quest, I built deep expertise in enterprise messaging and collaborative computing at Seagate Technology (11 years), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Fujitsu, and the U.S. Department of the Interior. That breadth informs how I approach every engagement: with hard-won perspective across both public sector and global enterprise environments.
I'm a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Harvard Business School alumnus. I'm known for building custom PowerShell WPF tooling that compresses weeks of presales work into hours — and for pioneering AI-assisted workflows across the Quest migration practice.
Forest-to-forest migrations, intra-forest consolidations, and AD restructuring using Quest ODM and ODMAD toolsets for the world's most complex enterprise environments.
Guiding organizations from legacy on-prem AD to modern Entra ID and hybrid identity models — including Kerberos encryption upgrades, MFA strategy, and least-privilege access design.
M365 and Exchange Online tenant consolidations for M&A, divestitures, and rebranding. Full presales lifecycle ownership from scoping through SOW for Fortune 500 engagements.
Top-utilized presales resource on the Quest migration team. 20+ custom tools built in FY2025, achieving an 8× improvement in SOW turnaround through automation and AI-assisted workflows.
Sophisticated GUI-based presales diagnostics — AD security validators, LDAPS analyzers, RBAC configurators, and environment health dashboards compressing weeks of manual work.
Pioneering AI integration (including Claude Code) into the Quest presales workflow — from automated log analysis to intelligent SOW generation and competitive intelligence.
Identity security & Active Directory modernization track · October 2024
Technology & Friends with David Giard · December 2024
With Bryan Patton, CISSP · Quest Software
How AI transforms migration complexity · Quest Software
Thirty years of enterprise IT experience across government, global technology companies, and software — each chapter adding a new layer of perspective.
One of the top-utilized presales resources on the migration team. Fortune 500 Active Directory, Entra ID, and M365 migration engagements. Built 20+ diagnostic and automation tools, achieving 8× SOW turnaround improvement. Speaker at TEC and Quest-produced media.
Oversaw cloud migration and transformation initiatives. Technical Director for North American solution architecture. Led M365 and Azure modernization planning across a major partner channel.
Government-scale messaging infrastructure and SharePoint administration across one of the largest civilian agencies in the federal government.
11 years designing and operating enterprise-scale messaging and collaborative systems at a global technology manufacturer. Deep technical expertise that became the foundation for an entire career in enterprise identity and migration.
Enterprise collaborative computing engineering at one of the world's largest technology companies.
Early career roles in IT management and senior messaging administration — where it all began.
5 acres, a private pond, a detached shop, and Oklahoma skies overhead. When I'm not architecting migrations, I'm on the water, under the stars, or behind a camera.
A conversation with David Giard on Technology & Friends covering the challenges of cloud migration and modernizing applications to leverage Entra ID's advanced features. Episode 829 · December 2024.
Whether it's an enterprise identity challenge, a real estate conversation, or a speaking inquiry — I'm always happy to connect.