David is the CEO of Aridhia, which he founded with Professor Andrew Morris in 2008. Prior to Aridhia he was the Founder and CEO of Sumerian, a data analytics company founded in 2002 and sold to ITRS in 2018. He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Atlantech Technologies, a communications software company which he founded in 1992 and sold to Cisco Systems in March 2000.
He has been awarded honorary doctorates from Glasgow University, Glasgow Caledonian University, the University of Paisley and the University of Strathclyde for services to Scottish science and philanthropy. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland’s National Academy of Science and Letters. In the 2010 New Year Honours List, David was awarded an OBE for charitable services in Scotland and overseas.
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