Dave Taylor

Current

• Programme Lead, Virtual Worlds and Medical Media at Imperial College London

Past

• New Media KT Development Manager, NPL at Serco
• Knowledge Transfer Leader, Quality of Life Division at National Physical Laboratory
• Vice President Web Marketing and Technology at Esselte

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Education

• Sussex University
• Sussex University
• Warwick University

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Connections

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Industry

Hospital & Health Care

Websites

• My Portfolio

Dave Taylor’s Summary

I have a track record of successful projects and products based on emerging and best practices in Virtual Worlds, Web 2.0, New Media, Software Products and 'Serious Games'.

I lead a new unit at Imperial College developing the use of Virtual Worlds for Healthcare. I previously set up and ran the UK National Physical Laboratory’s Virtual Worlds business area.

I am a founder of the SciLands, a Second Life continent for Science and Technology, that has grown from 5 islands in 2006 to over 65 in 2009 and have created many virtual world projects that deliver real world benefits.

Prior to Web 2.0 I was Vice President of Global Web for a leading multinational. Before Web 1.0 I managed Letraset’s European Software business, working with Adobe Systems, Pixar and Apple Computer where I developed an award-winning graphics software product.

I have achieved success through vision and a pragmatic approach to getting the job done. I have strengths in team motivation, stakeholder engagement, project management and in applying my knowledge to provide innovative solutions that deliver improved customer service, effectiveness or efficiencies in accordance with business needs.

My goal is to continue to explore next generation networking technologies and their application to new sectors, services and markets.

Dave Taylor’s Specialties:

• Virtual team and project management;
• Web and next generation internet strategy;
• Virtual worlds, government, science, technical and healthcare communications, simulation and visualisation;
• Team building, technology startups, stakeholder engagement, business development, partnering, community and relationship management
• Selection and development of new media, multimedia, virtual worlds, knowledge sharing and team collaboration products;

My Second Life name is Davee Commerce.

Dave Taylor’s Experience

• Programme Lead, Virtual Worlds and Medical Media

  Imperial College London

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

  Heading a new multidisciplinary unit in the Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology that specialises in Virtual Worlds and Web 2.0 applications to Healthcare Education, Communication and Policy.
  
  In the past 3 years I have created many virtual world projects that deliver real world benefits, including:
  
  • Second Health, a public engagement project in Second Life illustrating Lord Darzi's 10-year vision to transform health and healthcare in London. I produced movies illustrating new patient pathways and an immersive experience that has had over 9000 hours of use to date.
  
  • Clinical Scenarios, an NHS Training for Innovation project to enable participants to learn and practice with medical technology and virtual patients in a safe environment where they could make mistakes, without risk to any real patients. Awarded an honorable mention in the Linden Prize 2009.
  
  • Working to enable healthcare staff, academics and businesses to collaborate and share knowledge more effectively. NHS Auditorium in Second Life has been used for international surgical conferences and clinical summits and for NHS management meetings.
  
  • A UK-US Nuclear Power Station in Second Life, which could help to engage and train a new generation of engineers for a new generation of technology. I also created Nanotechnology island and am working to help join-up other Government initiatives in the virtual world.
  
  • I have spoken at many virtual world events, including the UK-OECD workshop on Innovation and Governance in Virtual Worlds that drew comment in Lord Carter's Digital Britain Report, concluding that virtual worlds offer interesting scope in public policy – for example for citizen engagement and for education.

Additional Information

Dave Taylor’s Websites:

• My Portfolio

Dave Taylor’s Honors:

- MacUser's 'Eddy' award for 'Best New Product' category for Letrastudio in 1989.
- Penman was a finalist in the 'Prince of Wales Awards for Innovative products'.
- Letraset website was a finalist in the Sunday Times/BT Awards 1996, second to Sun Microsystems in ‘Design’ category.
- Clinical Scenarios was a finalist in the Linden Prize 2009, and was awarded an Honorable Mention.