Director of Projects at Pembroke Privacy, David is an experienced data protection consultant and an expert in project management, David combines this experience and skill when providing data protection consulting services to our clients and is an invaluable member of our team.
David is a graduate of the University of Limerick from 1998, where he gained a degree in Law & European Studies. He has obtained both Green and Yellow Belts in Lean Six Sigma. David is a member of the IAPP and certified in both CIPP/E and CIPM qualifications, he is a Certified One Trust Privacy Professional and has obtained QQI L6 trainer qualifications.
Before joining Pembroke Privacy, David worked within many different organisations to bring structure and deliver complex projects. He similarly has a wealth experience designing and maintaining reports, producing metrics and KPIs for international management audiences. David has worked as a managed service project manager with US based companies such as Microsoft, IBM and P&G and notably established a Centre of Excellence in Xerox in Dublin for merging, operations, compliance, reporting and administration in one digital transformation project.
David also gained a wealth of experience in data protection projects before joining our team, in designing and implementing data protection frameworks, reviewing cookie compliance levels, providing external DPO services, undertaking GDPR compliance assessments, drafting suites of policies and procedures, designing, and implementing DSAR procedures and developing training programmes.
David is a talented and experienced data protection trainer, delivering training on on all areas of Data Protection Law, cybersecurity workshops and delivers CIPM training on a regular basis.
At Pembroke Privacy, David has recently undertaken a project which project involved scaling and ramping up a virtual legal redaction team working on FOI Requests and DSARs for a high-profile client. Through his day-to-day work at Pembroke, David facilitates a proactive approach to all client engagements, he is an important member in our DPO teams, and carries out a multitude of data protection advisory and compliance services.
Pembroke Privacy is committed to providing data protection services in a fresh and innovative manner building on many years of experience. We are privileged to work with a team of 15 highly experienced data protection consultants who collectively have built up a high level of expertise and extensive knowledge over two and a half decades. We work with our team to develop a best practice approach to every new project. Our core staff members closely manage and support our team of consultants.