Dave Locke
Chief Technology Officer at Net4 Connect
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorDave Locke is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with roots in software engineering and three decades of experience at IBM, where he moved from core systems development to leading IoT, open source and standards initiatives. He helped open-source MQTT via the Eclipse Paho project and contributed to its standardisation at OASIS, evidencing a rare blend of protocol-level influence and product-focused delivery. Since leaving IBM during COVID, he has steered Net4 Connect to apply practical AI, AR and smart-glass solutions for business, prioritising measurable operational and environmental benefits over hype. Based in Southampton, he now splits his time advising startups and voluntary organisations, bringing ecosystem-building experience and a knack for turning campus-scale innovation pilots into real-world deployments. Colleagues describe him as someone who watches the fast-evolving tech landscape closely and deliberately chooses technologies that deliver inclusive value.
8 years of coding experience
37 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (7)
plc4
inverter4
modbus3
lte3
tcp3
mqtt2
iot2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
lockedj/solarbatteryoptimize
Mar 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 26 commits, 28 pushes in 1 year 3 months
lockedj/BeamMeUpWatson
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:10 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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