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'''Dr. Dennis Jennings''' is currently the Managing Director of [[Knous]] Ltd, which is 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''' 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==

==ICANN History==

Dr. Jennings' career has seen him pursuing venture capital endeavors, investments, and 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.   

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 super computer center. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/jennings.htm ICANN.org]</ref>

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===

===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 form 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".

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>

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===

===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>

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==

* 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 Indepedent.ie]</ref>

* 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 he Oversight Board of the Irish Centre for High-End Computing ([[ICHEC]])

* Chair of the Oversight Board of the Irish Centre for High-End Computing ([[ICHEC]])

* Non Executive Board Director for [[Afilias]]

* Non-Executive Board Director for [[Afilias]]

==Education==

==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).

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, 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>

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==

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