Dave has a Bachelor of Engineering and PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Canterbury.
He has a passion for business; in 2004 he formed Indigo Systems, a successful start-up wireless communications company that produced various types of telemetry equipment. The company was acquired by CropLogic in 2014 and Dave became the Chief Technical Officer.
Dave joined Lincoln Agritech as a Senior Research Scientist, before becoming the leader of the newly formed GreenTech team, focusing on greenhouse gas mitigation. He is now leader of the Green Futures Group, which encompasses our GreenTech, Sensors, and Digital Ag teams. These teams include a mix of research scientists and engineers, whose skills range from electrochemistry and precision agriculture to microwave and optical sensors, robotics and AI.
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