As one of the small group of talented engineers that designed the MetaSwitch system architecture, Dave combines detailed product knowledge with rigorous project management skills. His engineering and management abilities have been proven over his 13+ years with Data Connection, as he has consistently delivered complex, challenging projects across a broad range of telecommunications technologies including SS7, SMTP, LDAP/X.500, and SNA. More recently, he was responsible for MetaSwitch's distributed softswitch architecture release, before taking over the entire development organization.Dave graduated with a first class degree in Engineering from Cambridge University before starting his career with Data Connection.Outside of work, Dave competes in both mountain bike and sail-boat races, and somehow manages to find time to relax by snowboarding, unicycling - and gardening. |