Dale Austin
About Dale Austin
Dale Austin serves as the VP of Platform Engineering at Assignar, where he oversees the customer authentication platform and leads initiatives to enhance security and developer experience. He has a diverse background in cloud strategy and infrastructure, with previous roles at major companies such as Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Accenture.
Current Role at Assignar
Dale Austin serves as the VP of Platform Engineering at Assignar since 2023. In this role, he oversees the global infrastructure and cloud platform, focusing on enhancing the developer experience by promoting self-service, automation, and tooling. He leads a team dedicated to reducing complexity and improving velocity through technology standards and self-service solutions. Additionally, he implements security measures and best practices to protect the company and support product growth.
Previous Experience at Assignar
Prior to his current position, Dale Austin worked at Assignar as the VP of Infrastructure and Security from 2022 to 2023. He also held the position of Director of Infrastructure for 9 months in 2022. In these roles, he was responsible for overseeing the customer authentication platform, ensuring the security of the platform and data, and maintaining world-class service level agreements (SLAs) and service level objectives (SLOs) to assure customer trust.
Professional Background
Dale Austin has extensive experience in the technology sector. He worked at Microsoft in various roles, including Azure Infrastructure and Migrate Business Lead, Cloud Solution Architect, and Azure Solution Specialist from 2015 to 2022. His previous experience also includes positions at KPMG as an IT Advisor, Amazon Web Services as a Professional Services Consultant, and Accenture as a Technology Consultant. He began his career as an IT Support Engineer at Unisys.
Education and Qualifications
Dale Austin holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Charles Sturt University, where he studied Business Administration and Management (Computing) from 2018 to 2021. He also studied at GIBS Business School, achieving a Programme for Management Development (PMD) in Management Development from 2008 to 2009. Additionally, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology and Financial Statistics from the University of Port Elizabeth from 2001 to 2003.