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− | Dr. Glenn Ricart is an Internet pioneer and entrepreneur with a broad range of technology and business leadership experience in large corporations, startups, academia, the U.S. military, and government research. | + | '''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> |
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− | He is known for his pioneering work in bringing the ARPAnet protocols into academic and commercial use. In the mid-1980s, while academic CIO at the University of Maryland College Park, his teams 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 first non-military TCP/IP national network, the NSFnet; created the first open Internet interchange point (the FIX and later MAE-EAST); and proposed and created the first operating NSFnet regional network, SURAnet.
| + | 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> |
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| + | 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> |
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| ==Career History== | | ==Career History== |
− | Dr. Glenn Ricart is currently the Board Member and Secretary at Public Interest Registry <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 here he has helped move that company to embrace TCP/IP. | + | 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. |
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| + | Glenn was a Board Member and Treasurer at [[Internet Society]]. He is a member of the [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]]. |
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| + | Glenn worked as a technology liaison to the Clinton White House and The Library of Congress. |
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| + | Glenn attended [[ICANN 32 - Paris]], [[ICANN 39 - Cartagena]], and [[ICANN 35 - Sydney]]. |
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| ==Start-ups== | | ==Start-ups== |
− | Dr. Ricart has founded or co-founded three start-ups: Consultants in Computer Technology, SURAnet, and CenterBeam. CenterBeam survived the dot-com bust and is still providing directory-based remote IT management services in San José even today. | + | 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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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |
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