David John Taylor
Sales Area Manager
ACTE A/S U.K division
“ David Taylor has been involved in wireless communications since 1987. His vision and passion in this field has assisted many U.K companies to become wireless specialists within the electronic component distribution market. ”
Key facts
• Served at ACTE since January 2012
• Previously served as Business Manager, Product Manager and Account Manager
• Prior to electronic component distribution was a radio specialist in British Army
• Educated to Diploma level with Chartered Institute of Marketing
Since the completion of a radio communications apprenticeship and 6 years service with the Royal Signals, British Army, Taylor has spent his entire working career in the wireless communications sector. Highlights include being one of the pioneers in ensuring the commercial adoption of GPS and cellular devices and the introduction of many ISM band products into U.K industrial and consumer applications.
From marketing of both chip and modular devices, Taylor enjoys the challenges of other wireless centric technologies - most notably the diverse subject of antennas as key but underestimated subjects in wireless communications applications and design in.
With a technical grounding and City and Guilds 777 in electronic communication qualifications, Taylor holds a Professional Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute in Marketing, ensuring a rounded understanding and approach into various wireless products, their adoption into systems and how to market them to maximise their benefits.