
David Wood was a co-founder of Symbian, having joined Psion (Symbian’s original parent company) in June 1988. He has been successively immersed in virtually every department in Psion and Symbian. In the early 1990s, he managed teams that created highly successful software for SIBO, the 16-bit predecessor of Symbian OS. He went on to lead the build and integration team for version 1 of Symbian OS. From 1998 to 2002 he headed Symbian’s Technical Consulting department, building and directing teams that worked with Symbian’s customers to create the world’s first smartphones. During 2002 and 2003 he held the position of EVP of Partnering, supervising the rapid growth of Symbian’s partnering programs. Since 2004 he has been Symbian’s EVP of Research. Before joining Psion, he spent eight years studying mathematics and the philosophy of science at Cambridge University, and was head of the mathematics department at a leading London tutorial college. Table of contents