I hold an honours degree in Physics from Manchester University and a Masters degree in Operational Research from Southampton University.

Throughout my career, I has been involved in the software industry and have 35 years programming experience. In the mid-80s after a chance encounter with Stu Hunter, David was drawn to the use of statistical software as a tool to aid scientists and engineers. I've been involved in the various statistical “fashions” – BS5750, ISO9000, Taguchi, TQM, Six Sigma, Lean, QfD. My work has focussed on problem solving, quality and process improvement, across a range of industry sectors including pharmaceutical companies in the USA and Europe.

In 2010 I formed my own company – Pega Analytics Limited– which is dedicated to providing high quality JMP training.

I am an expert in the JMP scripting language (JSL), which is used to automate routine tasks and to implement custom analysis and data visualisation.

I have used JSL to build applications for a number of organisations.  These application typically contain somewhere between 40,000 and 100,000 lines of code. 

Most recently, I used JSL to perform accelerated stability modelling of vaccines.  This software was used by a number of pharmaceutical companies in their development of a COVID vaccine.