David works at the intersection of technology and teams. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Cambridge University. He has worked on the Android team at Google, and managed Facebook's internal videoconferencing and collaboration team. He has also been Head of Engineering at a number of startups, supervising the growth of digital product teams from 10 to 100+ engineers.
David is now an independent consultant and owner of Simplified Systems Consulting, helping clients as an Interim VP Engineering. In his spare time he still writes code, and practices contemporary dance. He recently published "Building High Performing Teams", in which he describes his approach to running successful Tech companies.