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− | '''Susan Estrada''' is an Internet pioneer. Estrada has a deep interest in developing broadband technologies and she works to use those technologies to solve the real world problems.<ref>[http://www.firstmile.us/about/bio.php?id=1 firstmile.us]</ref> | + | '''Susan Estrada''' is President and CEO at Aldea Communications. |
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− | === Career History ===
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− | She was the founder and president of the nonprofit [[FirstMile.US]]. Serving as the President, she lead the charge toward more education, and focus on the power and promise of big broadband in the United States.
| + | Estrada was the founder and president of the nonprofit [[FirstMile.US]], which pushes for nationwide broadband access, advocating that such measures are the 21st century pathway to better quality of life. Estrada has a deep interest in developing broadband technologies and she works to use those technologies to solve real world problems.<ref>[http://www.firstmile.us/about/bio.php?id=1 firstmile.us]</ref> |
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− | She found [[CERFnet]] in 1988, it was one of the original regional [[IP]] networks. She commercialized internet for user by taking the initial [[National Science Foundation]] funding of $2.8M. Through her leadership and collaboration with [[PSInet]] and [[UUnet]] (now [[MCI]]), she helped form the interconnection enabling the first commercial Internet traffic via the [[Commercial Internet Exchange]] ([[CIX]]).<ref>[http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/estrada.html inmotionmagazine.com]</ref>
| + | In 1988, Susan founded [[CERFnet]], one of the original regional [[IP]] networks. She commercialized internet for users by taking the initial [[National Science Foundation]] funding of $2.8M, and, through her leadership and collaboration with [[PSInet]] and [[UUnet]] (now [[MCI]]), helped form the interconnection enabling the first commercial Internet traffic via the Commercial Internet Exchange ([[CIX]]).<ref>[http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/estrada.html inmotionmagazine.com]</ref> |
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− | She has been a board member at [[PIR]]. She also found Commercial Internet Exchange ([[CIX]]). She was an appointed member to the FCC's Technological Advisory Committee, an elected trustee of the Internet Society and a former area director for the Internet Engineering Software Group ([[IESG]]) and the Internet Engineering Task Force ([[IETF]]). She was an appointed member of SBC/Pacific Telesis' Telecommunications Consumer Advisory Panel and a member of the U.S. Federal Networking Council's Advisory Committee ([[FNCAC]]).<ref>[http://www.aldea.com/team.html aldea.com]</ref> | + | She has been a board member at [[PIR]], a founder of Commercial Internet Exchange ([[CIX]]), an appointed member to the FCC's Technological Advisory Committee, an elected trustee of the Internet Society, and a former Area Director for the Internet Engineering Software Group ([[IESG]]) and the Internet Engineering Task Force ([[IETF]]). She was an appointed member of SBC/Pacific Telesis' Telecommunications Consumer Advisory Panel and a member of the U.S. Federal Networking Council's Advisory Committee ([[FNCAC]]), and is listed in the millennium and 1998-1999 editions of Who's Who in Executives and Professionals.<ref>[http://www.aldea.com/team.html aldea.com]</ref> |
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− | === Publications ===
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− | Estrada wrote a book title "Connecting to the Internet: An [[O'Reilly]] Buyer's Guide", it was a best seller at Barnes and Noble and is listed in the millennium and 1998-1999 editions of Who's Who in Executives and Professionals. <ref>[http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/309 oreillynet]</ref> | + | Estrada authored a book titled "Connecting to the Internet: An [[O'Reilly]] Buyer's Guide." It is currently out of print, but was once a best seller at Barnes and Noble. <ref>[http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/309 oreillynet]</ref> |
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