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After a roller-coaster career as a pioneer of the smartphone industry - including co-founding Symbian in 1998 - David Wood is now a full-time futurist speaker, analyst, commentator, and writer.
His focus is on potential radical transformations in society and humanity - transformations enabled by accelerating technological disruption and mediated by social and political reaction.
His background is in designing, architecting, implementing, supporting, and avidly using smart mobile devices. This includes ten years with PDA manufacturer Psion PLC, ten more with smartphone operating system specialist Symbian Ltd, and three years as CTO (Technology Planning Lead) for Accenture Mobility.
He is the author or lead editor of eleven books. His most recent book is "The Singularity Principles". Previous books include "Vital Foresight", "The Abolition of Aging", "Smartphones and Beyond", and "Sustainable Superabundance".
By David OrbanAfter a roller-coaster career as a pioneer of the smartphone industry - including co-founding Symbian in 1998 - David Wood is now a full-time futurist speaker, analyst, commentator, and writer.
His focus is on potential radical transformations in society and humanity - transformations enabled by accelerating technological disruption and mediated by social and political reaction.
His background is in designing, architecting, implementing, supporting, and avidly using smart mobile devices. This includes ten years with PDA manufacturer Psion PLC, ten more with smartphone operating system specialist Symbian Ltd, and three years as CTO (Technology Planning Lead) for Accenture Mobility.
He is the author or lead editor of eleven books. His most recent book is "The Singularity Principles". Previous books include "Vital Foresight", "The Abolition of Aging", "Smartphones and Beyond", and "Sustainable Superabundance".