Dave Davis is the Senior Technical Director at ST Engineering iDirect where he is responsible for leading global government and defence activities. In 2013, he joined ST Engineering iDirect as the European defence and security specialist, before moving to be the lead engineer supporting the ground-breaking Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX) network.

Davis has over 30 years of experience in satellite communications. He is a Chartered Engineer and learned his trade as an apprentice in the British Army in 1988. Leaving the Army in 2003, he joined NSSLGlobal, a leading Satcom distribution partner, as a Systems Engineer, before becoming a Project Manager and Engineering Manager. He led many cutting-edge projects and was responsible for providing communications to many high-profile expeditions, events, and deployments.

Davis sits on various national and international panels as a technical advisor and is a non-exec Director on the board of the Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP). He volunteers with the IET and ITP as a Mentor and Professional Recognition Advisor and Assessor. He also volunteers with the Newman Holiday Trust (www.newmantrust.org) and RE:ACT Disaster Response (www.re-act.org.uk). He was awarded the MBE in 2002 for meritorious military service.