David Burden, Managing Director, Daden Ltd

David Burden started his career in army communications managing a range of mobile and wireless systems in a variety of challenging situations. After being demobbed in 1990, David joined Ascom, the Swiss telecoms company, and then Aseriti, the £70m turnover IT arm of Severn Trent plc. During this time David was involved in the operation and development of both conventional and web based mobile systems, ultimately becoming the company's Marketing Director. During the Dot Com boom David founded a wireless data company, as well as founding the Midlands chapter of the First Tuesday Networking organisation. David founded Daden, an Information 2.0 Consultancy in 2004.

David has been involved in virtual worlds since the mid 1990s, having created early spaces using VRML and played in several early 3D communal worlds. David's first virtual home was at Retsmah Crossing in Alpha World and he spent much of the early naughties hoverboarding off the slopes of Nene's Peak - the giant volcano in There. David has been in Second Life since 1994 where his real-life and SL business Daden Limited helps businesses and organisations explore the social and commercial potential of virtual worlds.