David is from Fruit Heights, UT, is married, and has two daughters. While still in high school, he earned his Associate degree from Weber State University. He served a mission for the LDS church in 2004-05 in the Chile Santiago West mission. He received his B.S. in Physics and Spanish Translation at BYU in 2009, with a minor in Mathematics. David was a member of IDeA Labs during his Master’s program 2009-11, after which he received his M.S. in Computer Science. His primary research while with the lab was in modeling wireless networks and designing optimal transmission rate controllers. After completing his Master’s, David moved to the Boston area with his family to work for MIT Lincoln Laboratory in the Airborne Networks Group.