David Brown
CEO at Chalkdown Ltd
Greater Guildford Area, United Kingdom
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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
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Github Skills (16)
linux9
windows9
compiler8
avr8
zurb-foundation6
karma-jasmine6
x864
concatenative-language3
arm3
factor3
controlled2
programming-language2
packed2
usb1
cross-platform1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dcwbrown/dwire-debug
May 2015 - Nov 2022
Simple stand-alone debugger for AVR DebugWIRE chips connected directly to an FT232R/CH340/DigiSpark/LittleWire on Linux or Windows.
Contributions:91 commits, 15 PRs, 136 pushes in 7 years 7 months
avrlinuxwindows
dcwbrown/olang.old
Dec 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:1 release, 132 pushes, 1 tag in 1 year 2 months
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