Given the question: Facts: - known for: wireless , wlan ; communications technology ; - caption: david j. skellern in 2014 - fields: electrical engineering , computer science , radio astronomy - workplaces: macquarie university , university of sydney - awards: officer -lrb- 2012 -rrb- ; -lrb- ao -rrb- in the order of australia - birth date: 1951 - name: david j. skellern - website: http://thewarrencentre.org.au/ourpeople/the-governors/dr-david-skellern/ - birth place: sydney - alma mater: university of sydney Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david james skellern .
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david skellern is an australian electronic engineer and computer scientist credited , along with colleagues , for the first chip-set implementation of the ieee 802.11 a wireless networking standard .he is credited with a number of important technology innovations .developed with colleagues which include john o'sullivan , terence percival and neil weste , and in particular the first chip-set implementation of the ieee 802.11 a wireless networking standard .this innovation has been described as a revolution in world communications , allowing high speed wireless communications .skellern was appointed to the order of australia in 2012