Meet Dave Cooper
Dave Cooper
Founder & CEO, Automate 48 | CISSP | Six Sigma Black Belt | AWS AI/ML
Dave Cooper spent 20 years as a Vice President at one of the largest US banks, where the security and compliance programs he led protected $100T+ in annual transaction throughput across retail banking, commercial payments, and institutional wire systems — spanning a workforce of 200,000+ and approximately one million technology assets. He established multiple governance and compliance functions from the ground up and earned 5 patents for innovation in security automation.
His work produced multiple industry firsts — including the first digital identity provider natively trusted by the US Federal Government and the DoD. A contributing member to multiple national information security standards, he represented the firm on global standards bodies worldwide.
Dave was responsible for assessing and implementing AI/ML information security technologies enterprise-wide — prioritizing evaluations, managing implementations, and setting the security posture for AI adoption at scale. He owned the policy stack across IS Risk Management, Data Protection, Cryptography, and Identity and Access Management.
He delivered 100% closure on an OCC Consent Order across 550+ deliverables and terabytes of audit evidence, served as NIST/FedRAMP domain delegate, and spent 12 years leading reverse audits of third-party service providers.
In 2022, Dave left to build AI systems from scratch — applying that same enterprise-grade discipline to deliver production automation for small and mid-sized businesses. He holds a CISSP, a Six Sigma Black Belt, and AWS AI/ML certification, and is currently completing an AI program at MIT.
Outside of work, Dave holds 3 IPF World Records and 18 National Records in powerlifting, is a 2x National Competitor in Strongman, has completed 10 Full Tough Mudder events, and has run a marathon. He has also coached 1,000+ youth track and field athletes, including a USATF Junior Olympics National Champion and three All-America designees. The same discipline that drives elite athletic performance is what he brings to every client engagement.
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