David R. “Dave” Rintoul, CISSP, CSPO

AI Solutions Architect • B.A.Sc. Computer Engineering (Waterloo)
Product · AI · Governance · Strategy
Personal Journey View Resume (PDF)

AI Systems & Agentic Architectures

Voyages By Dave: A suite of AI-powered travel planning tools that helps savvy travelers research more comprehensively than a Google or ChatGPT search. It brings together real-time weather, travel advisories, local festivals and events, destination context, and vendor-specific knowledge into one intelligent planning experience.

MCP & LangGraph Workflows: Architected multi-database Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and agentic AI pipelines using FastMCP, LangGraph, and Python.

Cruise Research Agent Demo

Live Demo: A public agentic research assistant that answers Princess Cruises and Royal Caribbean questions from a curated Qdrant RAG knowledge base, plus live SearXNG and Firecrawl web research.

Open Source Repo: Reference implementation built with Chainlit, LangGraph, Qdrant, SearXNG, Firecrawl, and Ollama. Includes automatic PDF/HTML ingestion and bounded tool-calling architecture.

Global Alliances & Revenue Scaling

Microsoft & Siemens: Overhauled global partner programs and ecosystem strategies as Senior Program Manager and Alliance Director, unlocking substantial multi-million dollar revenue channels.

Analytics & Open Source: Maintained automated reporting infrastructure and open-source Tableau XML parsing utilities on GitHub.

High-Stakes Governance & Safety

Operational Leadership: Directed regulatory compliance and high-stakes risk management across clinical healthcare facilities and commercial diving operations, backed by clinical certifications (EMT, CHT, DMT).

AI Security Translation: Translates rigorous, zero-fail operational discipline and physical safety management into secure enterprise AI governance and risk frameworks.

Personal Journey

My career has moved from computer engineering into product, business, and program leadership; through commercial diving and hyperbaric operations; into analytics and data; and back to hands-on AI systems.

Read the personal journey: The places, career pivots, self-directed learning, and curiosity that connect those chapters.

Technical Stack & Core Competencies

Python / FastAPI / LangGraph Model Context Protocol (MCP) Ollama & Local LLMs Docker & Containerization Linux & Self-Hosted Infrastructure CISSP Security Governance Cloud Security Data Governance & Compliance CAIP (Certified AI Practitioner) Qdrant / Neo4j / MongoDB CI/CD Automation CSPO (Scrum Alliance) CDMP (Data Management Professional) AWS Certified AI Practitioner Business Intelligence & Analytics Tableau Certified Data Analyst Alteryx Designer (Advanced) Risk Management & Operations Executive Education: Wharton · IBM · MIT