Dennis Jennings: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (17 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{People | {{People | ||
|portrait = Dennis Jenningsp.jpg | |portrait = Dennis Jenningsp.jpg | ||
|caricature = | |caricature = DennisJenningsCaricature.jpg | ||
|born = | |born = | ||
|country = Ireland | |country = Ireland | ||
|email = | |email = | ||
|website = | |website = http://www.knous.ie/ | ||
|twitter = | |twitter = | ||
|facebook = | |facebook = | ||
|linkedin = | |linkedin = http://ie.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-jennings/0/86/12a | ||
|userbox = {{Template:UBX-CARD54}} {{Template:UBX-ICANNBOARD-P}} | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Dr. Dennis Jennings''' | '''Dr. Dennis Jennings''' is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Peroptyx. Before that, he was the Managing Director of [[Knous]] Ltd, his consulting company. Knous stands for knowledge and common sense.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=176434&authType=name&authToken=-C-X&locale=en_US&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore LinkedIn]</ref> | ||
==ICANN History== | |||
Dr. Jennings was selected by the [[NomCom]] to serve on the [[ICANN Board]] from 2007-2010, serving as the board's vice-chair from 2009-2010.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/jennings.htm ICANN.org]</ref> During his time with ICANN he also served as Chair of the [[Board Governance Committee]]. | |||
Dennis Jennings was appointed the consultant Project Leader for [[ICANN]]'s [[IDN]] Variant Issue Project; he first took up that role at ICANN's 2011 meeting in San Francisco.<ref>[http://www.knous.ie/page6.php?post=3 Konus.ie]</ref> | |||
==Career History== | ==Career History== | ||
Dr. Jennings' career has seen him pursuing venture capital endeavors, investments, serving on a variety of boards and within academia. | Dr. Jennings' career has seen him pursuing venture capital endeavors, investments, and serving on a variety of boards and within academia. | ||
He co-founded [[4th Level Ventures]] in 2002, and continues to work. 4th Level Ventures is a 17 million pound Irish venture capital company; it aims to invest in companies that are commercializing | Dr. Jennings was the director of University College Dublin (UCD) Computing Services from 1977 to 1999; he was responsible for the university's IT infrastructure and a staff of over 90 people. In 1986, he took leave from the University and acted as interim President of the Consortium for Scientific Computing at the John von Neumann Centre (JvNC) in Princeton, New Jersey; he took charge of starting its supercomputer center. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/jennings.htm ICANN.org]</ref> | ||
===Investments=== | |||
He co-founded [[4th Level Ventures]] in 2002, and continues to work there. 4th Level Ventures is a 17 million pound Irish venture capital company; it aims to invest in companies that are commercializing opportunities arising from Irish research and academic institutions.<ref>[http://www.creditexpo.ie/team/team.html Creditexpo]</ref> As of 2007, Dennis and 4th Level's other founder, [[Ray Norton]], had invested in over a dozen companies as angel investors, and he claims that about half of those investments are looking "very promising". | |||
Mr. Jennings has been able to take time off from his academic career and develop 4th Level Ventures thanks to an early investment in [[Euristix]] in the 90s; that company was first purchased by Fore Systems for $81 million, and subsequently purchased by [[GEC-Marconi]] for $2.8 billion.<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/irelandrsquos-real-net-pioneer-1115628.html Independent.ie]</ref> | |||
===NSFnet=== | |||
He was also integral in creating [[NSFnet]], in 1985-86, which is the network that preceded the Internet.<ref>[http://www.creditexpo.ie/team/team.html CreditExpor.ie]</ref> Thus, he was directly responsible for creating the internet as we know it; it was his decision to use the [[TCP/IP]] Protocols out of the military ([[DARPA]]) and select academic environments, where they exclusively existed, and link together 300+ universities. It was an ambitious move that he believes would have happened eventually; but, alas, he was the one responsible, and, thus, he paved the way for the expansion of the network into the Internet as we know it. The initiative that he led cost the U.S. government some $17 million USD.<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/irelandrsquos-real-net-pioneer-1115628.html Independent.ie]</ref> | |||
==Roles== | ==Roles== | ||
A selection of some of Dr. Jennings' more important roles: | A selection of some of Dr. Jennings' more important roles: | ||
| Line 26: | Line 34: | ||
* Chair of the Board and General Assembly for [[CENTR]] | * Chair of the Board and General Assembly for [[CENTR]] | ||
* Early proponent of [[ICANN]] | * Early proponent of [[ICANN]] | ||
* Founder of [[IEDR]]<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/irelandrsquos-real-net-pioneer-1115628.html | * Founder of [[IEDR]]<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/irelandrsquos-real-net-pioneer-1115628.html Independent.ie]</ref> | ||
* President of [[EARN]] | * President of [[EARN]] | ||
* Board Member [[Ebone]]<ref>[http://www.creditexpo.ie/team/team.html CreditExpor.ie]</ref> | * Board Member [[Ebone]]<ref>[http://www.creditexpo.ie/team/team.html CreditExpor.ie]</ref> | ||
* Chair of the Oversight Board of the Irish Centre for High-End Computing ([[ICHEC]]) | |||
* Non-Executive Board Director for [[Afilias]] | |||
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
| Line 34: | Line 44: | ||
Dr. Jennings holds a 1st Class honours physics BSc degree from University College Dublin (1967), and a PhD degree obtained for research on high-energy gamma radiation from pulsars (neutron stars) (1972). | Dr. Jennings holds a 1st Class honours physics BSc degree from University College Dublin (1967), and a PhD degree obtained for research on high-energy gamma radiation from pulsars (neutron stars) (1972). | ||
==Fun Fact== | ==Fun Fact== | ||
Dennis enjoys opera and classical music | Dennis enjoys opera and classical music and is the chairman of the UCD Choral Scholars Board of Management.<ref>[http://ie.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-jennings/0/86/12a Linkedin]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[category: Ireland]] | [[category: Ireland]] | ||
[[Category:Former ICANN Board]] | |||
[[Category:Internet Pioneers]] | |||
[[Category:Featured]] | |||
__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||
Latest revision as of 19:18, 4 January 2023
 |
 | ||||
| Country: | Ireland | ||||
| Website: | |||||
| LinkedIn: |  Dennis Jennings
| ||||
| |||||
Dr. Dennis Jennings is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Peroptyx. Before that, he was the Managing Director of Knous Ltd, his consulting company. Knous stands for knowledge and common sense.[1]
ICANN History
Dr. Jennings was selected by the NomCom to serve on the ICANN Board from 2007-2010, serving as the board's vice-chair from 2009-2010.[2] During his time with ICANN he also served as Chair of the Board Governance Committee. Dennis Jennings was appointed the consultant Project Leader for ICANN's IDN Variant Issue Project; he first took up that role at ICANN's 2011 meeting in San Francisco.[3]
Career History
Dr. Jennings' career has seen him pursuing venture capital endeavors, investments, and serving on a variety of boards and within academia.
Dr. Jennings was the director of University College Dublin (UCD) Computing Services from 1977 to 1999; he was responsible for the university's IT infrastructure and a staff of over 90 people. In 1986, he took leave from the University and acted as interim President of the Consortium for Scientific Computing at the John von Neumann Centre (JvNC) in Princeton, New Jersey; he took charge of starting its supercomputer center. [4]
Investments
He co-founded 4th Level Ventures in 2002, and continues to work there. 4th Level Ventures is a 17 million pound Irish venture capital company; it aims to invest in companies that are commercializing opportunities arising from Irish research and academic institutions.[5] As of 2007, Dennis and 4th Level's other founder, Ray Norton, had invested in over a dozen companies as angel investors, and he claims that about half of those investments are looking "very promising".
Mr. Jennings has been able to take time off from his academic career and develop 4th Level Ventures thanks to an early investment in Euristix in the 90s; that company was first purchased by Fore Systems for $81 million, and subsequently purchased by GEC-Marconi for $2.8 billion.[6]
NSFnet
He was also integral in creating NSFnet, in 1985-86, which is the network that preceded the Internet.[7] Thus, he was directly responsible for creating the internet as we know it; it was his decision to use the TCP/IP Protocols out of the military (DARPA) and select academic environments, where they exclusively existed, and link together 300+ universities. It was an ambitious move that he believes would have happened eventually; but, alas, he was the one responsible, and, thus, he paved the way for the expansion of the network into the Internet as we know it. The initiative that he led cost the U.S. government some $17 million USD.[8]
Roles
A selection of some of Dr. Jennings' more important roles:
- Founder of NSFnet
- Chair of the Board and General Assembly for CENTR
- Early proponent of ICANN
- Founder of IEDR[9]
- President of EARN
- Board Member Ebone[10]
- Chair of the Oversight Board of the Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC)
- Non-Executive Board Director for Afilias
Education
Dr. Jennings holds a 1st Class honours physics BSc degree from University College Dublin (1967), and a PhD degree obtained for research on high-energy gamma radiation from pulsars (neutron stars) (1972).
Fun Fact
Dennis enjoys opera and classical music and is the chairman of the UCD Choral Scholars Board of Management.[11]