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About Me
Dany Connolly
Senior IT Strategist | Project Manager | Digital Transformation & Cybersecurity Expert
Dany Connolly is an IT blogger with over three decades of hands-on experience in the trenches of enterprise IT, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and project management. Through his blog, he breaks down complex technical topics into real-world insights for business leaders, and entrepreneurs who want clarity, not jargon.
With a background as a Virtual CIO and CTO, Dany writes from a place of authority and lived experience—managing mission-critical systems, leading cross-functional development teams, and guiding digital transformations across industries like healthcare, finance, law, manufacturing, and municipal government.
Dany’s writing is sharp, solution-oriented, and grounded in the reality of how IT really works—behind the buzzwords. His goal is simple: help others make smarter, safer, and more strategic decisions about technology.