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'''David H. Crocker''' is a Senior Advisor at [[MAAWG|Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group]] and Participant at [[IETF]]. He is also self employed working under the company name Brandenburg InternetWorking. He designs network-based applications businesses and system architectures.<ref>[http://www.dcrocker.net/resume.html dcrocker.net]</ref> He has forty years of work experience in the Internet Industry. | '''David H. Crocker''' is a Senior Advisor at [[MAAWG|Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group]] and Participant at [[IETF]]. He is also self employed working under the company name Brandenburg InternetWorking. He designs network-based applications businesses and system architectures.<ref>[http://www.dcrocker.net/resume.html dcrocker.net]</ref> He has forty years of work experience in the Internet Industry. | ||
He is currently a member of the IETF's administrative and legal oversight bodies (IAOC/Trust).<ref>[http://bbiw.net/dave.html bbiw.net]</ref> | He is currently a member of the IETF's administrative and legal oversight bodies (IAOC/Trust).<ref>[http://bbiw.net/dave.html bbiw.net]</ref> He is also a Member of Association of Computing Machinery, Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers and� [[ISOC]].<ref>[http://bbiw.net/resume.pdf bbiw.net]</ref> | ||
He is the brother of [[Stephen Crocker]]. | |||
== Career History == | == Career History == | ||
He has been an Advisor at Goodmail Systems and is the Co-Founder of Portola Software. Mr Crocker has recently served as an Engineer at [[Silicon Graphics]]. He has also held the position of Director at Digital Equipment Corporation.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=9612&authType=name&authToken=TBDi&locale=en_US&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore linkedin.com]</ref> | |||
From 1989 to 1991, he worked as the Manager of Network Systems Laboratory, Digital Equipment Corp. Prior to which, he was the Vice President of Engineering at The Wollongong Group, Inc. He has also held the position of Development Manager at Ungermann-Bass, Inc. and has worked as the Director of System Development at [[MCI Digital Information Services Corp.]] He started his career working as the Co-Principal Investigator, Electrical Engineering at University of Delaware.<ref>[http://www.dcrocker.net/resume.html dcrokcer.net]</ref> | From 1989 to 1991, he worked as the Manager of Network Systems Laboratory, Digital Equipment Corp. Prior to which, he was the Vice President of Engineering at The Wollongong Group, Inc. He has also held the position of Development Manager at Ungermann-Bass, Inc. and has worked as the Director of System Development at [[MCI Digital Information Services Corp.]] He started his career working as the Co-Principal Investigator, Electrical Engineering at University of Delaware.<ref>[http://www.dcrocker.net/resume.html dcrokcer.net]</ref> | ||
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== Work with Internet == | == Work with Internet == | ||
He has been the Area director for the [[IETF]] from 1989-1993. He participated in the effort to standardize facsimile over Internet and [[EDI|electronic data interchange]] over the Internet. He Chaired the [[Silicon Valley–Public Access Link]], of which he is still a board member. | He has been the Area director for the [[IETF]] from 1989-1993. He participated in the effort to standardize facsimile over Internet and [[EDI|electronic data interchange]] over the Internet. He Chaired the [[Silicon Valley–Public Access Link]], of which he is still a board member.<ref>[http://bbiw.net/resume.pdf bbiw.net]</ref> | ||
For almost 40 years, he designed and prepare Internet Standards. He has also contributed to work on Internet commerce, domain name service, emergency services, and TCP/IP enhancements.<ref>[http://bbiw.net/dave.html bbiw.net]</ref> | For almost 40 years, he designed and prepare Internet Standards. He has also contributed to work on Internet commerce, domain name service, emergency services, and TCP/IP enhancements.<ref>[http://bbiw.net/dave.html bbiw.net]</ref> | ||
He was one of [[Jon Postel]]'s appointees to the [[IAHC]].<ref>[http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_5-4/book_reviews.html cisco.com]</ref> | |||
=== Email === | === Email === | ||
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*EMail World | *EMail World | ||
*Unix Expo | *Unix Expo | ||
*FTC email authentication conference in 2004.<ref>[http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/10d-20/dave-crocker mccullagh.org]</ref> | |||
He has also taught several classes on Internet, TCP/IP and Open Systems Networking. | He has also taught several classes on Internet, TCP/IP and Open Systems Networking. | ||
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== Awards and Honors == | == Awards and Honors == | ||
In 2004, he got the [[IEEE Internet Award]].<ref>[http://www.dcrocker.net/resume.html dcrocker.net]</ref> | In 2004, he got the [[IEEE Internet Award]].<ref>[http://www.dcrocker.net/resume.html dcrocker.net]</ref> | ||
== Education == | |||
*Ph.D in Computer Science from University of Delaware (1978-1982) | |||
*M.A in Communication from Annenberg School, USC (1977) | |||
�*B.A in Psychology from UCLA in (1975) | |||
== External Links == | |||
*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is99/governance/crocker.html#methodology The Debate Over Internet Governance: A Snapshot in the Year 2000] | |||
*[http://www.circleid.com/members/1167/ Dave Crocker] on [[CircleID]] | |||
*[http://isoc.org/wp/ietfjournal/?p=1737 IETF Outcomes: An interview with Dave Crocker] | |||
[[Category:People]] | [[Category:People]] | ||
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David H. Crocker is a Senior Advisor at Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group and Participant at IETF. He is also self employed working under the company name Brandenburg InternetWorking. He designs network-based applications businesses and system architectures.[1] He has forty years of work experience in the Internet Industry.
He is currently a member of the IETF's administrative and legal oversight bodies (IAOC/Trust).[2] He is also a Member of Association of Computing Machinery, Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers and� ISOC.[3]
He is the brother of Stephen Crocker.
Career History[edit | edit source]
He has been an Advisor at Goodmail Systems and is the Co-Founder of Portola Software. Mr Crocker has recently served as an Engineer at Silicon Graphics. He has also held the position of Director at Digital Equipment Corporation.[4]
From 1989 to 1991, he worked as the Manager of Network Systems Laboratory, Digital Equipment Corp. Prior to which, he was the Vice President of Engineering at The Wollongong Group, Inc. He has also held the position of Development Manager at Ungermann-Bass, Inc. and has worked as the Director of System Development at MCI Digital Information Services Corp. He started his career working as the Co-Principal Investigator, Electrical Engineering at University of Delaware.[5]
In the 1970's he worked with the ARPA network research community.[6]
Work with Internet[edit | edit source]
He has been the Area director for the IETF from 1989-1993. He participated in the effort to standardize facsimile over Internet and electronic data interchange over the Internet. He Chaired the Silicon Valley–Public Access Link, of which he is still a board member.[7]
For almost 40 years, he designed and prepare Internet Standards. He has also contributed to work on Internet commerce, domain name service, emergency services, and TCP/IP enhancements.[8]
He was one of Jon Postel's appointees to the IAHC.[9]
Email[edit | edit source]
Mr. Crocker is often reffered as one of the Inventors and Designer of E-mail. He developed MS, based on the design of MSG, which was the first modern Email sender program. MS was designed for UNIX operating system. Its idea was initiated by Steve Walker, who was then the Program Manager at DAPRA. While Dave Farber managed the overall work for the program, Mr. Crocker designed the functional specifications and Steve Tepper and Bill Crosby did the programming.
In 1977, Mr. Crocker, John Vittal, Kenneth Pogran, and Austin Henderson worked together on a DARPA initiative that was meant to collect various email data formats into a single, coherent specification. The result of there work was RFC 733. In 1982, Dave revised RFC 733 and prepared RFC 822, which was the first standard to describe the syntax of domain name.
In 1978 Mr. Crocker worked again with Dave Farber at the University of Delaware and developed the first versions of what would become the Multi-purpose Memo Distribution Facility (MMDF). This project was for the U.S. Army Materiel Command.[10]
He has developed two national email services and designed two others.[11]
Meetings[edit | edit source]
Mr. Crocker actively participates in Meetings in the Internet Industry. He has Chaired and Presented at Several conferences which include:
- N+I Interop
- Electronic Messaging Association
- APRICOT
- RIPE
- EMail World
- Unix Expo
- FTC email authentication conference in 2004.[12]
He has also taught several classes on Internet, TCP/IP and Open Systems Networking.
Publications[edit | edit source]
Author of book chapters, magazine articles, presentations and specifications on open systems networking, standards, electronic mail and electronic commerce.
Awards and Honors[edit | edit source]
In 2004, he got the IEEE Internet Award.[13]
Education[edit | edit source]
- Ph.D in Computer Science from University of Delaware (1978-1982)
- M.A in Communication from Annenberg School, USC (1977)
�*B.A in Psychology from UCLA in (1975)