The short version
Dave is an instructional designer, learning strategist, longtime professional photographer, and early AI adopter. His work connects learning, creativity, technology, and practical solutions.
He began using AI in real production work: structuring learning material, building eLearning storyboards, creating assessments, exploring scenarios, and finding clearer ways to organize complex ideas. That experience became the foundation for helping other people think with AI instead of merely asking it for answers.
Why this approach is different
Most AI training starts with tools, buttons, tricks, and prompt recipes. Dave starts with the work. What are you trying to understand, decide, build, explain, organize, or improve?
His Master's degree in Instructional Design and Technology matters because useful training is not a software demonstration. People learn by working with meaningful examples, receiving guidance, making decisions, and practicing what they will actually need to do.
What photography taught him
A long career as a professional photographer was never just about the camera. It required listening carefully, understanding what a client was really asking for, solving problems under pressure, and delivering work that matched the moment.
That does not make photography an AI credential. It does explain why Dave approaches technology through people, context, judgment, and useful outcomes.
What Dave believes
You stay the thinker. AI can help you become faster and sharper at it.
AI can organize ideas, challenge assumptions, draft possibilities, and support decisions. It can also invent facts, flatten nuance, expose sensitive information, and encourage false confidence. Useful AI work requires curiosity and boundaries at the same time.