Joshua McDonald

📋 Biography

Hello! I'm Josh, a former legal professional turned technologist. My mantra is to help people do more, know more, and share more, safely. Whilst I have and maintain a diverse skillset, my technology career began with transformation projects on data security & compliance on Microsoft technologies, and this remains the same to date. My journey with AI started with management consultancy work around Azure Cognitive Services along with how these work with embedded systems/IoT, before becoming increasingly hands-on developing early applications with LLM's in 2021 as an alpha-tester with OpenAI's research program. Outside of my work with Avanade, Accenture and our clients, I'm one part of the duo at Securing the Realm, along with my fellow AI MVP Chris Lloyd-Jones. Securing the Realm is a speaking and podcasting series focused on AI Transformation, the Software Development Lifecycle, and Security; told through the lens of Tabletop Roleplaying Games.