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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 and has been influential in the development of the Internet. |
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− | Dr.Ricart is renowned for bringing the ARPAnet protocols into academic and commercial use. While at the University of Maryland in the '80s, he and his teams made the following innovations: | + | Dr. Ricart is renowned for bringing the ARPAnet protocols into academic and commercial use. While at the University of Maryland in the '80s, he and his teams made the following innovations: |
| * Created the first implementation of TCP/IP for the IBM PC | | * Created the first implementation of TCP/IP for the IBM PC |
| * Created the first campus-wide TCP/IP network | | * Created the first campus-wide TCP/IP network |
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| * Created the first operating NSFnet regional network, SURAnet.<ref>[http://www.saiee.org.za/files/File/BERNARD_PRICE.pdf SAIEE.org]</ref> | | * 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> |
| ==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. | + | Dr. Glenn Ricart is currently a Board Member and the Secretary of [[PIR|The 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. |
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| + | Glenn was a Board Member and Treasurer at [[Internet Society]]. He is also a member of the [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]]. |
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| + | Glenn also worked as a technology liaison to the Clinton White House and The Library of Congress. |
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| + | Glenn has attended [[ICANN Paris]], [[ICANN Cartegena de Indias|Cartegena de Indias]], and [[ICANN Sydney|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 three start-ups: Consultants in Computer Technology, SURAnet, and CenterBeam. CenterBeam is still providing directory-based remote IT management services from San José.<ref>[http://www.saiee.org.za/files/File/BERNARD_PRICE.pdf SAIEE.org]</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |