{"id":684,"date":"2023-09-12T10:25:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T09:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/synthetic-media-research-network\/?p=684"},"modified":"2023-09-12T10:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T09:25:25","slug":"david-johnston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/synthetic-media-research-network\/david-johnston\/","title":{"rendered":"David Johnston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;686&#8243; style=&#8221;vc_box_circle&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Industry stakeholder<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-envelope&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded&#8221; background_color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; link=&#8221;url:mailto%3Adavid.johnston%40digicatapult.org.uk&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-envelope&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded&#8221; background_color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; link=&#8221;url:mailto%3Adavid.johnston%40gmail.com&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>About<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]David\u00a0joined the Digital Catapult as Senior Technologist in 2021. 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