David James Skellern
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| Born | 1951 Sydney |
| Fields | Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Radio astronomy |
| Institutions | Macquarie University, University of Sydney |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Known for | Wireless, WLAN; Communications Technology; |
| Notable awards | Officer (AO) in the Order of Australia (2012); |
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Website http://thewarrencentre.org.au/ourpeople/the-governors/dr-david-skellern/ |
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David Skellern is an Australian electronic engineer and computer scientist credited, along with colleagues, for the first chip-set implementation of the IEEE 802.11a wireless networking standard.
He is credited with a number of important technology innovations. developed with colleagues which include John O’Sullivan, Terence Percival and Neil Weste, and in particular the first chip-set implementation of the IEEE 802.11a wireless networking standard. This innovation has been described as a revolution in world communications, allowing high speed wireless communications.
Skellern was appointed to the Order of Australia in 2012.
He received a B.Sc. University of Sydney (1972) [Pure Mathematics, Computer Science & Physics], a B.E. (Hons), Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney (1974), and a Ph.D, University of Sydney (1985) for a thesis on A Mapping System for Rotational Synthesis Data.
From 1974 to 1983 he worked in radio astronomy and taught electronics at Sydney University and Macquarie University. From 1983 to 1989 he held research and academic positions at that university's department of Electrical engineering. In 1989, he became Professor and chair of the Department of Electronics at Macquarie University.
In 1997 he co-founded Radiata, a company engaged in the commercial development of WLAN communications. The company demonstrated the world’s first chip-set implementation of the 54 Mbit/s IEEE 802.11a High-Speed WLAN standard, based on the research Skellern conducted with Neil Weste in the 1990s at Macquarie University in collaboration with CSIRO. Radiata was sold to Cisco Systems in 2001 for $565 million.
When Radiata was acquired by Cisco in 2001. he became the Technology Director of their Wireless Networking Business Unit, until 2005, when he joined NICTA (National Information and Communications Technology Australia Ltd), where he was first Chief Executive Officer (2005-2010) and finally, in 2011, Chairman.
Skellern was involved in debate on sharing of the spectrum which resulted in the allocation of additional 5 GHz spectrum for Wireless Access Systems at the World Radio Conference in 2003 (WRC2003).
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