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On the Transition from IC to Manager

After building IT systems and departments at national and international startups, I recognized the same trend would repeatedly occur. I…

15 min readNov 8, 2020

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On the Transition from IC to Manager

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Dave Bour

A Summary of OCR’s 2023 HIPAA Breach Retrospective

In last October 2023, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) published a review of HIPAA breach notifications. Terribly informative but equally…

5 min readOct 31, 2023

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A Summary of OCR’s 2023 HIPAA Breach Retrospective

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Dave Bour

10 Free-ish Ways to Improve HIPAA Compliance at Your Startup

At any given time, I’m either building IT programs from scratch, constructing new offices, or conducting compliance and security…

8 min readOct 21, 2022

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10 Free-ish Ways to Improve HIPAA Compliance at Your Startup

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Dave Bour

11 Costly Yet Common Mistakes Companies Make with New Office Space

Hello! My name is Dave and I build IT programs from scratch, which often includes constructing new offices and retail locations. I also…

10 min readOct 21, 2022

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11 Costly Yet Common Mistakes Companies Make with New Office Space

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Dave Bour

How to Reduce & Fix Tech Spend Without Impacting Productivity

Nowadays, I’m building IT programs from scratch, constructing new offices, and conducting compliance and security assessments as an…

4 min readOct 20, 2022

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How to Reduce & Fix Tech Spend Without Impacting Productivity

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Dave Bour

How I Built Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into My Consulting Rates

A New Kind of Sliding Scale

10 min readMay 8, 2022

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How I Built Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into My Consulting Rates

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Dave Bour

Improving the Information Security Posture of Early Stage Companies with Trend Analysis

In The Democratization of IT, I outlined how SaaS reduces barriers for early stage companies to utilize powerful applications. As…

11 min readDec 22, 2021

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Improving the Information Security Posture of Early Stage Companies with Trend Analysis

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Dave Bour

The Democratization of IT

This article is part of a larger series entitled “A Short History of IT” intended to answer ‘What problems does IT exist to solve?’ through…

11 min readDec 7, 2021

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The Democratization of IT

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Dave Bour

The Versatile Manager — Strategies to Manage Up, Down, and Laterally

It’s easy to fall into the trap of focusing all of your energy and attention managing downwards. However, when we approach management as a…

10 min readNov 9, 2021

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The Versatile Manager — Strategies to Manage Up, Down, and Laterally

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Dave Bour

On the Transition from Management to Leadership

A while back, I wrote about what help me in making the transition from independent contributor to manager. I will always have more to learn…

12 min readSep 15, 2021

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On the Transition from Management to Leadership

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Dave Bour

Dave Bour

Building IT infrastructure and teams where there was none before. Fitness, wellness, and adventure enthusiast. Engagements at theitplan.com

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