Farmex appoints development engineer

Farmex appoints development engineerDobson has background in computer scienceFarmex, a U.K. based farm energy and control company, has appointed David Dobson as development engineer. He will be involved in system specification, Farmex’s IT systems and Web development. Dobson has an

January 20, 2010

David Dobson

David Dobson

Farmex, a U.K.-based farm energy and control company, has appointed David Dobson as development engineer. He will be involved in system specification, Farmex’s IT systems and Web development.

Dobson has an honors degree in computer science from the University of the West of England and worked with Farmex for two years as part of a £100,000 research partnership with Bucks New University. The project looked at wireless communication for environmental controls in buildings.

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