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Dr. Glenn Ricart is an Internet pioneer and entrepreneur | '''Dr. Glenn Ricart''' is an Internet pioneer and entrepreneur. He has worked in a variety of sectors, influencing the development of the Internet. He is the Founder and CTO of [[US Ignite]], which is [https://www.us-ignite.org/about-what-is-us-ignite/ a national innovation ecosystem for the development and deployment of next-generation applications and services].<ref>[https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/usignite/index.jsp US Ignite, NSF Special Reports]</ref> | ||
Dr. Ricart is renowned for bringing the [[ARPANET]] protocols into academic and commercial use. While at the University of Maryland in the 1980s, he and his teams made the following innovations: | |||
* Created the first implementation of TCP/IP for the IBM PC | |||
* Created the first campus-wide TCP/IP network | |||
* Shipped and managed the software that powered the NSFnet, which was the first non-military TCP/IP national network | |||
* Created the first open Internet interchange point, the FIX and later MAE-EAST | |||
* Created the first operating NSFnet regional network, SURAnet.<ref>[http://www.saiee.org.za/files/File/BERNARD_PRICE.pdf SAIEE.org]</ref> | |||
Dr. Ricart has | He is also the author of the algorithm for distributed mutual exclusion in operating systems, which has been cited hundreds of times in other scholarly papers.<ref>[http://www.saiee.org.za/files/File/BERNARD_PRICE.pdf SAIEE.org]</ref> | ||
==Career History== | |||
In 2013, Dr. Glenn Ricart became an adjunct professor at the University of Utah in addition to his work with US Ignite, which began in 2011. He was a Board Member and the Secretary of [[PIR|The Public Interest Registry]] from 2004 to 2011.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/gricart linkedin.com]</ref> His previous positions have included President and CEO of National LambdaRail, Managing Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers Center for Advanced Research, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of CenterBeam, and Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Novell. | |||
Glenn was a Board Member and Treasurer at [[Internet Society]]. He is a member of the [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]]. | |||
Glenn worked as a technology liaison to the Clinton White House and The Library of Congress. | |||
Glenn attended [[ICANN 32 - Paris]], [[ICANN 39 - Cartagena]], and [[ICANN 35 - Sydney]]. | |||
==Start-ups== | |||
Dr. Ricart has been involved in the founding of several start-ups in addition to US Ignite: Consultants in Computer Technology, SURAnet, and CenterBeam. CenterBeam provides directory-based remote IT management services from San José but was sold to Earthlink in 2013 after 14 years of independent operation.<ref>[http://www.saiee.org.za/files/File/BERNARD_PRICE.pdf SAIEE.org]</ref><ref>[https://www.us-ignite.org/about-board-of-directors/ Board of Directors, US Ignite]</ref> | |||
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Dr. Glenn Ricart is an Internet pioneer and entrepreneur. He has worked in a variety of sectors, influencing the development of the Internet. He is the Founder and CTO of US Ignite, which is a national innovation ecosystem for the development and deployment of next-generation applications and services.[1]
Dr. Ricart is renowned for bringing the ARPANET protocols into academic and commercial use. While at the University of Maryland in the 1980s, he and his teams made the following innovations:
- Created the first implementation of TCP/IP for the IBM PC
- Created the first campus-wide TCP/IP network
- Shipped and managed the software that powered the NSFnet, which was the first non-military TCP/IP national network
- Created the first open Internet interchange point, the FIX and later MAE-EAST
- Created the first operating NSFnet regional network, SURAnet.[2]
He is also the author of the algorithm for distributed mutual exclusion in operating systems, which has been cited hundreds of times in other scholarly papers.[3]
Career History
In 2013, Dr. Glenn Ricart became an adjunct professor at the University of Utah in addition to his work with US Ignite, which began in 2011. He was a Board Member and the Secretary of The Public Interest Registry from 2004 to 2011.[4] His previous positions have included President and CEO of National LambdaRail, Managing Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers Center for Advanced Research, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of CenterBeam, and Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Novell.
Glenn was a Board Member and Treasurer at Internet Society. He is a member of the Non-Commercial Users Constituency.
Glenn worked as a technology liaison to the Clinton White House and The Library of Congress.
Glenn attended ICANN 32 - Paris, ICANN 39 - Cartagena, and ICANN 35 - Sydney.
Start-ups
Dr. Ricart has been involved in the founding of several start-ups in addition to US Ignite: Consultants in Computer Technology, SURAnet, and CenterBeam. CenterBeam provides directory-based remote IT management services from San José but was sold to Earthlink in 2013 after 14 years of independent operation.[5][6]