David Brown
CEO at Chalkdown Ltd
Greater Guildford Area, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Brown is a growth-focused technology executive and CEO with over three decades of leadership across wireless telecoms, test & measurement, and semiconductor markets, scaling businesses across Europe, Asia, Japan and the USA. He has run full P&L operations and built high-performance sales, support and professional services organisations of 50–70 people, driving strategic restructures and competitive selling that consistently win enterprise accounts. After senior EMEA roles at Infovista, Aeroflex/VIAVI and LTX, he founded Chalkdown in 2020 to provide Wi‑Fi scale test services and distribution, combining product expertise with hands-on commercial execution. A pragmatic mentor and transformation leader, he blends CRM and SaaS strategy with disciplined forecasting, incentive design and sales-process reform to improve revenue predictability. Based near London, he pairs technical product knowledge in wireless testing (including WiFi6E) with a rare mix of operational discipline and front-line selling experience.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Hons, Chemistry, BSc Hons, Chemistry at University of NottinghamO and A levels, O and A levels at Tonbridge School
Github Skills (24)
connected10
gdb10
chips10
oberon10
linux9
windows8
avr7
compiler7
armv75
assembly5
musl4
translator4
arm3
x863
lists2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dcwbrown/olang.old
Dec 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:1 release, 132 pushes, 1 tag in 1 year 2 months
norayr/voc
Jun 2016 - Jun 2020
Contributions:490 commits in 4 years
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