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== Work ==
'''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>
Dr. Dennis Jennings has a wide and varied career.  


==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==
Dr. Jennings' career has seen him pursuing venture capital endeavors, investments, and serving on a variety of boards and within academia. 


It has spanned venture capital, where he is the co-founder of 4th Level Ventures (2002 to present) - an Irish Venture Capital company whose primary objective is to invest in companies commercialising the business opportunities that arise from university research in Ireland (http://www.4lv.ie). He is also an "Angel" investor, investing in early stage technology companies.  
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>


In terms of board membership, he is currently chairman and/or board member of a small number of small technology companies, and has a wide experience of the issues relating to the start-up, funding, supervision and governance, and survival of early stage technology companies.  
===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==
In regard to university/research IT management, Dr Jennings was the director of University College Dublin (UCD — http://www.ucd.ie) Computing Services from 1977 to 1999, where he was responsible for the university IT infrastructure and a staff of over 90 people. He was interim President of the Consortium for Scientific Computing at the John von Neumann Centre (JvNC) in Princeton, New Jersey, responsible for the start-up of the supercomputer centre (1986, on leave from UCD). He is currently Chairman of the Oversight Board of the Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC – http://www.ichec.ie).
A selection of some of Dr. Jennings' more important roles:
 
* Founder of [[NSFnet]]
 
* Chair of the Board and General Assembly for [[CENTR]]
He is also an Internet pioneer, having been responsible for the decisions that created NSFNET (1985/86) - the network that became the Internet - while working for the US Federal Government (on leave from UCD). He was actively involved in the start-up of research networks in the Europe (EARN - President; Ebone - Board member) and Ireland (HEAnet - initial proposal and later Board member. http://www.heanet.ie). He chaired the Board and General Assembly of the Council for European Top level domain Registries (CENTR) from 1999 to early 2001 - http://www.centr.org - and was actively involved in the start-up of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - www.icann.org - during that period.
* Early proponent of [[ICANN]]
== Career History ==
* Founder of [[IEDR]]<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/irelandrsquos-real-net-pioneer-1115628.html Independent.ie]</ref>
 
* President of [[EARN]]
*Board Observer at Redmere
* 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]])
*Member of the Board at ICANN
* Non-Executive Board Director for [[Afilias]]
 
*Investor at Flint Telecom


==Education==
==Education==


Dr. Jennings holds a 1st Class honours physics BSc degree from University College Dublin (1967), and a PhD degree obtained for a search for high-energy gamma radiation from pulsars (neutron stars) (1972). He is an opera and classical music enthusiast, and is the chairman of the UCD Choral Scholars Board of Management.
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.<ref>[http://ie.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-jennings/0/86/12a Linkedin]</ref>


==References==
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Formerly a member
of the ICANN Board

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]

References

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