David Ian Chalk (born 1959) is a Canadian technology entrepreneur, cyber security specialist, and media personality who hosted the syndicated ''Dave Chalk's Computer Show'', and its subsequent incarnations ''Dave Chalk Computer Life'', ''Dave Chalk Connected Live'', ''Dave Chalk Connected'', and ''Dave Chalk Connected (In-flight)''.

Early life

Chalk was born in

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in September 1959 and relocated with his family to

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, Canada. He had

dyslexia Dyslexia, also known until the 1960s as word blindness, is a disorder characterized by reading below the expected level for one's age. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, r ...

face blindness Prosopagnosia (from Greek ''prósōpon'', meaning "face", and ''agnōsía'', meaning "non-knowledge"), also called face blindness, ("illChoisser had even begun tpopularizea name for the condition: face blindness.") is a cognitive disorder of fac ...

, and other conditions he acquired from brain damage at birth.

Education

Chalk completed high school, but did not finish his university degree. Chalk was granted an Honorary Doctorate of Technology by the University of the Fraser Valley’s Alumni Association board." In May 2021 Chalk learned to read and spell; the entirety of his instruction was captured on film.

Career highlights

Chalk established one of the longest-running technology shows in Canada ("Dave Chalk's Computer Show"). He is the founder of more than 15 successful companies including Doppler Computer Superstores, Chalk Media, Decision-Zone Cyber Defence Technology, Trees Matter, New Century Video Streaming, and CalmWear™ Compression Clothing for Autism and most recently he helps create Mentorship programs within organizations.

References

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