{"id":3915,"date":"2019-11-21T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T10:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintivo.co.uk\/news\/meet-dave-swift-mintivos-technical-director\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T10:31:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T10:31:52","slug":"meet-dave-swift-mintivos-technical-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintivo.co.uk\/news\/meet-dave-swift-mintivos-technical-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Dave Swift &#8211; Mintivo\u2019s Technical Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave is a master of all things technical and originally came to Mintivo as a Senior Technical Consultant and has since joined the Board of Directors to become the firm\u2019s Technical Director.<\/p>\n<p>Dave has a wealth of experience and specialises in providing technical solutions to clients.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>As with all the Mintivo team, Dave strives to understand clients\u2019 exacting business needs and architects secure, reliable IT solutions. Whether it is infrastructure design, implementation and management or support for all aspects of business-critical computing &#8211; servers, storage, networking, connectivity, security and software, Dave is well-placed to provide direction. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2741\" src=\"https:\/\/mintivo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Dave-Swift-Mintivo-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dave, a Microsoft Certified Professional, lives in Westbury with his fianc\u00e9e, Lydia and their Miniature Dachshund, Frank.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>From a young age, Dave was often found with a screwdriver in hand taking things apart to investigate how they worked.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>His love of IT developed, and he knew he wanted a career in IT following an exciting and engaging work experience placement at a Trowbridge-based computer shop when he was 16.<\/p>\n<p>When Dave became Technical Director, he commented that <span style=\"color: #17b9bc;\"><em><strong>\u201cWorking for Mintivo has been amazing and to be asked to join the Board and take over from Chris Gough as Technical Director was an honour.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>I am looking forward to building on the firm foundations Chris has built and to ensure Mintivo continues to understand current and future IT trends and to develop and deliver solutions that really add value to our clients.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When not working at Mintivo, Dave enjoys listening to Classic Rock and Blues music and is very interested in cars.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>He can also play the banjo! <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I asked Dave why he believed Mintivo was different to the other IT firms he has worked for.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>He said <span style=\"color: #17b9bc;\"><em><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s really clich\u00e9, but being part of such an engaged, enthusiastic and talented team that really work well together means that Mintivo deliver the right solutions and support. 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