In 1989 Dave Dutton graduated from Cardiff University with a BSc Hons in Computer Systems. In 1990 he gained a MSc with Distinction in Intelligent Knowledge Based Systems. He followed this in 1995 with a PhD in data mining using decision trees and neural networks.

In 1997 he became a Member of the British Computer Society and a Chartered Engineer.

He has over 15 years of industry experience having completed numerous projects for major UK companies.