David was CEO of ITP from April 1998 to May 2000, when the business was successfully sold to SDL International. Prior to joining ITP, he spent 5 years as Managing Director of ICL in Ireland. ICL is a $4billion European based systems integration company, owned by Fujitsu.

Previously, from 1984 to 1993, David worked for Lotus Development, starting his career with the company as General Manager of Lotus Development Ireland, during which time he was responsible for the establishment of the Lotus manufacturing and localization activities in Ireland. Subsequently, he held various director level roles in Lotus International headquarters in the UK

David previously worked in the US for Trilogy Systems Corporation, in Ireland for Amdahl Ireland, and in Belgium and Ireland for Technicon.

Aged 50, David has a BA (Mod) degree in Chemistry, and an MSc(Mgmt), both from Trinity College Dublin. His Masters thesis, which is widely acclaimed in Ireland, dealt with the global management of multinational business.