Dave Cole

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About Dave Cole

Dave is the author of multiple books, including The Window, The Math Kids children's series (12 books), and his newest series, Emily and Sam (3 books). Dave coaches multiple elementary school math teams and ran a summer math camp for six years. He also visits schools across the country to talk about his books, do a little magic, and show kids how amazing math can be. Dave was an industry leader in the design and development of innovative solutions for managing data centers. He was the manager of Data Center Controls and Information at Facebook, where he was responsible for defining and implementing the strategic direction for monitoring and control of the infrastructure in Facebook's data centers. Dave was the founder and president of No Limits Software, a software development company focused on data center auto-discovery, real-time monitoring, and management software. No Limits Software was acquired by Hyperview in 2016. He was also the founder and president of The Advantage Group, a company focused on data center real-time monitoring and management software that was acquired in 2007 by Aperture Technologies (a division of Emerson Network Power). He developed a 3-day Data Center Infrastructure Management course which he has taught to more than students. The course can be taught onsite for companies and a professionally recorded online version is also available. He has presented at Data Center Dynamics, Data Center World, 7x24, AFCOM and other data center forums in the United States and Europe and has had numerous articles published in data center publications.