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'''Susan Estrada''' is President and CEO at [[Aldea Communications]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/susan-estrada/1/302/996 LinkedIn]</ref>


'''Susan Estrada''' is an Internet pioneer. She has a deep interest in emerging broadband technologies and in efforts to make those technologies work to solve real-world problems.
== Career History ==
 
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 a 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>
As president of Aldea Communications since 1993, Estrada and her staff have provided core services for educational initiatives such as [[CENIC]] and the National LambdaRail. She provided the vision, managerial savvy and technical know-how to bring CENIC's One Gigabit or Bust Initiative to the fore. By bringing together the interests of research, education, commerce, state and local government, and the general public, Estrada spearheaded an action plan for delivery of one gigabit broadband capabilities to every educational institution, business and home in California by 2010.<ref>[http://www.firstmile.us/about/bio.php?id=1 firstmile.us]</ref>
 
=== Career History ===
As founder and president of the nonprofit [[FirstMile.US]], Estrada lead the charge toward more education, advocacy and focus on the power and promise of big broadband in the United States.


In 1988, Estrada founded [[CERFnet]], one of the original regional IP networks. As executive director of CERFnet, she took the initial [[National Science Foundation]] funding of $2.8M and successfully commercialized the network for both academic and private-sector users, increasing the network from 25 sites to hundreds. 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>


Estrada has served as a board member for [[PIR]]. She was an appointed member to the FCC's Technological Advisory Committee, an elected trustee of the Internet Society, a founder of the Commercial Internet Exchange (CIX), 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>


=== Publications ===
== Publications ==
Estrada is the author of Connecting to the Internet: An [[O'Reilly]] Buyer's Guide (a Barnes and Noble best seller) 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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Latest revision as of 20:03, 26 August 2024

Country: USA
Email: susan [at] cenic.org
LinkedIn:    Susan Estrada
Twitter:    @susan-estrada

Susan Estrada is President and CEO at Aldea Communications.[1]

Career History

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 a 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.[2]

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).[3]

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.[4]

Publications

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. [5]

References

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