David Wortley C.V.

Executive Summary


David Wortley is a freelance consultant on the strategic use of Gamification and immersive and Enabling Technologies such as serious games, virtual worlds and social networks. Since leaving IBM in 1984 to set up his first consultancy, Mass Mitec, after a very successful career as a Sales and Marketing Executive working with major corporate customers such as Courtaulds, David has been a pioneer and thought leader in the application of leading edge technologies technologies for the development of business and society. He founded the National Presentation Network in 1992 and has worked internationally since 1998 on Community Informatics and Regional Development projects. His innovative early adopter usage of disruptive technologies includes :-



 



His pioneering work has helped businesses, communities and individuals leverage the power of these technologies for competitive advantage and business/personal development. This work has been recognised through his Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce (FRSA) and his appointment as an expert adviser on Serious Games and Augmented Reality for the EU’s Vision 2020 strategic document prepared by the ICT Directorate, his role within the EU’s LUDUS project and his regular invitations to deliver keynote presentations at international conferences.


Most recently, David has completed a one year Research Fellowship at De Montfort University, supporting links between the University and the Games Industry. Prior to this, between 2006 and 2011, David was Founding Director of the Serious Games Institute (SGI) www.seriousgamesinstitute.co.uk at Coventry University and was responsible for the development of the Institute as a global thought leader in the application of immersive technologies (which include video games; virtual worlds and social networking) to serious social and economic issues such as education; simulation; health; commerce and climate change. Working with academics; regional development agencies and leading computer games companies, David made the SGI a focal point for games based learning, simulation and immersive 3D virtual environments and an engine for innovation and social and economic regeneration.



Education

Post Office Telecommunications National Scholarship 1967 – 71

BSc (Hons) Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Birmingham Univ) 1971

Post Office Telecommunications Scholarship for Management Studies 1974 – 75

Diploma in Management Studies (Distinction) 1975

Telecommunications Courses with Post Office Telecommunications 1971 – 79

Computing Technology and Sales Courses (IBM) 1979 – 84

Various Technology Courses, Workshops and Conferences 1984 – 2011


Professional Qualifications

BSc (Hons), CEng, MBIM, DMS & FRSA


Career History

Freelance Consultant and Founder of Immersive Technology Strategies 2011 to Present

Research Fellow at De Montfort University 2012 – 2013

Founding Director of Serious Games Institute 2006 – 2011

Freelance Project Manager for Agilent Global E-Learning 2000 - 2005

Founder of Mass Mitec Business Communications Specialists 1984 – 2006

Marketing Executive at IBM General Systems 1979 – 1984

Management Tutor at Post Office Telecomms College 1978 - 1979

Executive Engineer at Post Office Telecomms 1971 – 1978

Student Apprentice Scholarship at Post Office Telecomms 1967 – 1971


Industry Awards / Recognitions

Young Manager Award (Post Office Telecomms)

IBM System / 38 National Demonstrator Winner

Microsoft Powerpoint Centre of Excellence

Software Publishing Regional Sales Award

Rural Business of the Year Award

Regional ICT Enterprise Award

Broadband Britain National Runner-Up (Education)

Multimedia Demonstrator Programme Award

Community Access to Lifelong Learning Award

Fellow of Royal Society of Arts

Post Office Telecommunications Scholarship for Management Studies 1974 – 75

Diploma in Management Studies (Distinction) 1975

Telecommunications Courses with Post Office Telecommunications 1971 – 79

Computing Technology and Sales Courses (IBM) 1979 – 84

Various Technology Courses, Workshops and Conferences 1984 – 2011