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Dave Crocker |
David H. Crocker is a principal with Brandenburg InternetWorking. He
designs network-based applications businesses and distributed system
architectures. His current efforts focus on the creation of Internet-based
businesses built on a solid foundation of customer benefit and revenue
potential.
Dave worked in the ARPA network research community during the 1970s,
and led product development efforts at MCI and various Silicon Valley
companies, during the 1980s. He then founded several startup companies,
serving as CEO for one. Dave developed and operated two national email
services, designed two others, and was CEO of a community non-profit
ISP. His senior management product efforts cover email clients and
servers, core protocol stacks for TCP/IP and OSI, network management
control stations, and knowledge management tools for product support.
For his work on email, Dave is a co-recipient of the 2004 IEEE Internet
Award.
Dave has been leading and authoring Internet standards
for thirty years, covering Internet mail, instant messaging, facsimile
and EDI. He has also contributed to work on Internet security, ecommerce,
domain name service, emergency services, and even some TCP and IP enhancements.
He has authored more than 45 IETF Requests For Comments. Dave served
as an Area Director for the Internet Engineering Task Force, variously
overseeing network management, middleware and the IETF standards process.
Dave's curriculum vitae is also available » html, pdf |