Director and Co-Founder

David Standingford is a technology leader and manager with experience in the UK, Australia and the USA. Prior to co-founding Zenotech Ltd, Standingford worked as a lecturer in mathematics and fluid dynamics at the University of Adelaide, as a postdoctoral researcher on the NASA Microgravity Programme at the University of Delaware, and most recently at BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre as the Theme Technology Leader for Design and Materials Technology, responsible for Computational Engineering, IT Strategy, Materials Science and Stealth.

David manages Zenotech financial, commercial, licensing and legal operations, as well as project management, university and industrial partnerships, bid writing and proposals. David co-ordinates communications and press releases for the company. David leads on wind energy consultancy programmes, including international partnering.

David acts on the advisory board for the UK Fluids Network and is a member of UK EPSRC College of Peer Reviewers providing industrial expertise. David is the First Deputy Chairman of the European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence and Combustion (ERCOFTAC).

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