Index
Commercial
Experience......................................................................................................................... 2
Boards and Industry Forums............................................................................................................... 6
Academics and Research
Management.............................................................................................. 7
Issued and Published Patents............................................................................................................... 8
Representative Technical
Publications and Monographs............................................................ 9
Representative Standards
Publications......................................................................................... 10
Representative Policy Papers............................................................................................................ 11
Professional Affiliations and
Service............................................................................................. 11
Invited Lectures, Colloquia,
and Symposia..................................................................................... 12
Community Service................................................................................................................................ 12
Visas and Work Status......................................................................................................................... 12
Personal Interests................................................................................................................................ 13
|
Director 1/12 – present |
Georgetown Center for Secure Communications, Washington DC Founder
and General Manager of the Georgetown Center for Secure Communications (GCSC)
at Georgetown University, a $1B+ private research university. The GCSC brings
together industry, academia, and government agencies to conduct a program of
applied and basic research enabling enterprises and individuals to protect,
assist, and collaborate securely using real-time interactive multimedia,
including voice, video, and chat. Arising from the growth of cloud computing
and mobile technologies, the GCSC was formed to address the need to securely
access people and data anywhere in the world across administrative domains.
It addresses the technological barriers to secure network interoperability,
as well as social, policy, and corporate governance issues related to secure,
inter-enterprise communications. Responsible for P&L, membership
recruitment (sales and marketing), operations, and running the technical
program (product delivery). |
|
Independent Consultant 6/10 – present |
Projects include: · Assisted an international legacy network equipment
manufacturer to determine corporate capabilities, channel capabilities, and appropriate
new markets to address new products and a plan to refactor the business to
address these markets. The client is about a year into the plan and it is exceeding
their expectations. · Assisted a major North American ISP develop an
architecture and economic model for CDN interconnect that will dramatically
reduce their transit costs while complying with current and expected FCC rules
and Congressional policy. In addition, the economic model I developed will be
the baseline model for the industry. · Assisted a startup in the mobile video communication
space with business planning and securing financing. · Assisted a legacy Asian network operator enter
North American mobile advertising space. · Assisted a startup in the mobile advertising
space. Developed and filed intellectual property for the organization. · Assisted a startup in the media rights space. · Advise the financial services community on the telecommunications
industry on an ongoing basis, including numbering, databases, new gTLD’s,
ICANN, roaming, lawful intercept, surveillance, cybersecurity, and VoIP. |
|
CTO and SVP 6/09 – 6/10 |
Neustar, Inc., Sterling, VA CTO
of a ~1,000 employee publically traded (NYSE:NSR), ~$500MM telecommunications
clearinghouse, naming & addressing database, Internet infrastructure
services, and mobile services company. Responsible for setting Neustar's
technology and service strategy; identifying M&A targets (transformative,
strategic, and technological) and directing technical due diligence; devising
architectures to strengthen the company's market positioning; oversee early
stages of new technology development; and drive the successful launch and
commercialization of IP services. Led a team of 12 scientists, standards
experts, and developers creating technologies for the 3-5 year time horizon. Managed
research and development for peer-to-peer networking; digital content rights
management and distribution (DECE/UltraViolet/TV Anywhere); telephony naming
and addressing; Internet naming and addressing; Internet cyber security and
measurement; Next-Generation Emergency Services; and Smart Grid
communications and security technology. Created and promoted culture of
innovation: dramatically increased number of patent fillings and products
that were stagnant for 2+ years had new releases with market-relevant,
working features. Reported to the Chairman and CEO. |
|
Independent Consultant 5/08
– 6/09 |
Projects include: · Expert patent witness in successful SIP/VoIP litigation – won suit (defense) against an NPE · Patent strategy for startup and mid-size companies · Strategic research planning for a large network equipment manufacturer · Due diligence on a privately funded telecommunications service provider for a late-stage VC investment · Technical due diligence on a hosted services provider for late-stage VC investment · Architecture consulting on Application Servers and Media Servers, including vendor selection and contract negotiation strategy for a large private equity equipment manufacturer. Saved client three million dollars. · Architecture and telco-grade high-availability implementation consulting for a hosted voice services application provider · Advising investment bankers on the telecommunications enabling technology market · Advising investment bankers on M&A targets |
|
1/07 to 5/08 Acting General Manager, Communications Products Division Deputy CTO and |
BEA Systems, Burlington, MA [2/08 – 5/08] Lead team of 260+
individuals addressing the real-time network software market in a publically
traded (NASD:BEAS) 4200+ employee, $1.5B middleware software company. Worked
on business plan for telecom business unit and engaged stakeholders. Created
integrated service provider/enterprise technology and market strategy. Turned
around sales, starting at 50% of plan to achieving 150% of plan. Grew
revenues five fold in a year, including a strong plan for growth over the
next three years. The plan was adopted by Oracle. [Oracle acquired BEA in May 2008.] [1/07 – 5/08] Responsible for technology vision, market
evangelization, intellectual property creation, and organization change.
Briefings with C-level executives in the telecom and financial services industries,
resulting directly in multiple sales ranging from a $2MM sale to a 3.5 year,
$72MM contract. Worked with university researchers to identify and acquire
technology and personnel. Performed technical due diligence on over 15
companies. Numerous keynote addresses at technical and marketing conferences,
as well as interviews with the press and analysts. Reported to the Corporate
CTO (EVP). |
|
CTO, Cantata CTO, Brooktrout Founder and CTO, SnowShore |
SnowShore Networks, Brooktrout Technology, Cantata
Technology, Salem,
NH [10/06 – 1/07] CTO of a 360+ employee private equity enabling technology company for telecommunications applications. Investors included Oak Investment Partners, TowerBrook Capital Partners, Greenview Associates, and Anschutz Investment Company. Responsible for technology vision, market evangelization, and corporate technology positioning. Established “Virtual Office of the CTO,” drawing experts from R&D and marketing, creating a cohesive vision for current products, identified new technology directions and potential acquisition targets, and participating in major standards and industry organizations without imposing undue overhead on the organization. [4/04 – 10/06] Established and ran Advanced Development to build proofs of concept, quick customer demos, and direct research projects internally and at universities. Worked with CxO’s at both carriers and large enterprises. Lead IMS and Video strategies, and transition the company to address the migration of our customers from TDM to IP. Worked closely with strategic partners such as Vodafone, Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Nokia, Lucent, Motorola, BEA, Oracle, IBM, as well as major research institutions worldwide. Upon acquisition, successfully lead legacy CTO’s and Chief Architects. Created and administered patent program that tripled Brooktrout’s 20 year-old portfolio in 18 months. Participated in ISO 9000 audit. Participated in earnings calls and educational seminars for the financial community. Divided time between Cantata’s major development centers in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and California, as well as supported global offices, customers, and partners. Successfully managed the Brooktrout Technology (NASD:BRKT) merger with Excel Switching that created Cantata Technology, for a $120MM increase (2x) in market cap. Reported to the CEO. Brooktrout Technology acquired SnowShore Networks in April 2004 (see below). 3rd and 4th successful transformation of a company from hardware to software revenues. [9/00 – 4/04] CTO of a venture-backed company (Charles River Ventures, Matrix Partners, St.Paul (Vestbridge), i3) from three co-founders to a high of 72 local employees and 11 contractors in India. Defined the architecture, created the vision, and lead the technology for carrier-scale, IP enhanced services media servers. Created favorable public relations, industry credibility, and good will for SnowShore in the technical and service provider community. Generated leads and help close multi-million dollar financing and business deals. Inventor of the SIP-controlled Media Server and the Applications and Services Infrastructure concept, which is the dominant enhanced-services development and deployment model for the Next-Generation Network. Led the standardization of this model international bodies such as the IETF and W3C. Regular speaker at industry and technical fora. Created and administered patent program that generated over 12 applications. SnowShore focused on building highly scalable, IP- and Web-oriented, carrier-class, SIP-based voice and video media processing servers. Reported to the CEO. Brooktrout’s acquisition of SnowShore was a top-25% outcome for the venture class of 2000. Second successful transformation of a company from hardware to software revenues. |
|
5/93 to 9/00 Chief Scientist, Centigram Vice President |
Centigram
Communications Corporation, The Telephone Connection, Rockville, MD [6/98 – 9/00] Lead Centigram’s Maryland Technology Center of a 375+ employee public company (NASD:CGRM). Centigram’s corporate challenge: how to diversify revenue from a 15-year-old legacy platform. Determined and promoted strategic technical direction for the entire company. Responsible for corporate technology assessment; identified and pursued promising avenues of research and technology acquisition strategy. Represented Centigram on international and domestic standards bodies. Created and administered patent program that doubled Centigram’s 15-year-old portfolio, including successful defense of a $30M IPR infringement suit, resulting in a very successful for the company. Principal contributor for design of real-time Web-based interactive multi-media products. Developed Unified, Internet-based Messaging strategy, including wireless technologies. Technical lead for VoIP and IN/AIN efforts. Responsible for technical and commercial negotiations with strategic partners. Directly involved with sale of company to ADC, which resulted in a nearly 3x increase in market cap. Reported to the Exec. VP Engineering. ADC purchased Centigram in June 2000. Centigram purchased The Telephone Connection in June 1998. [5/93 – 6/98] Managed all aspects of telecommunications product
design, development, deployment, feature pricing, feature definition, launch
planning, and partner relations. Responsible for demonstrating to prospective
customers how our solutions meet or exceed their requirements. Typical
VP-Level P&L and personnel responsibilities, restarting company at six
employees and growing it to 32 employees. Established strategic relations with
vendors and customers, resulting in the award of a $150M contract. Shared VP
Marketing role with VP Product Development, including RFP response, pricing
and positioning. Reported to the CEO. |
|
Manager, |
Cable & Wireless Communications, Inc., Vienna, VA Manager and principal engineer for a broadcast and high volume broadcast facsimile switch service. Managed technology transfer to my in-house engineering organization of 500,000 lines of C code running in a distributed TCP/IP environment. Reduced engineer turnover from an average tenure of 9 months to over 18 months. Worked with other divisions of Cable & Wireless, primarily in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Managed group of 18 people. Reported to the Director of Software Development and the VP Engineering. |
|
Consultant |
MCI Telecommunications Corporation, McLean,
VA Directed a staff of engineers for high volume real-time on-line transaction processing for MCI’s Intelligent Network, creating the first effective architecture that today is known as a SoftSwitch. Directed and participated in research and development of transaction-oriented applications design for massively parallel supercomputer platform (nCube). This was a technical and commercial success. We demonstrated call processing capacity that could process more than all of the global inter-exchange and international traffic for enhanced services. This resulted in a dramatic reduction in MCI’s network equipment costs. |
|
Engineering |
Valid Logic Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA Sales Executive, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (8/89-9/90). Responsible for a large, strategic account (largest electronics firm in Europe); landed largest order for Valid in 1989. Confounded #1 competitor (Valid at that time was #2) – stopped all sales from their largest account for three quarters. Member Of The Technical Staff, Diest, Belgium (9/86-7/89). Established European Corporate Research Center. Delivered 500,000 lines of C code. Engineering Program Manager, San Jose, CA (7/85-9/86). Responsible for PC-based products; became 40% of shipments in first year. Engineering Project Manager, San Jose, CA (11/84-6/85). Responsible for largest release in the company’s history, restoring quality to a product that was known for bugs. Sr. Software Engineer, San Jose, CA (6/84-11/84). Created MOS Simulation tools. First successful transformation of a company from hardware to software revenues. This company is now one of the top ten software companies in the world (Cadence Design). |
|
Research Engineer |
Texas Instruments, Inc.,
Central Research Laboratory, Dallas, TX Sub-Micron Structures;
Device Modeling and Simulation; Full-Custom VLSI Design; my research group
invented the Single-Chip DSP. |
|
Board of Trustees |
Internet
Society The Internet Society (ISOC) is a nonprofit
organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related
standards, education, and policy. |
|
Trustee |
IETF
Trust The IETF Trust advances educational and public interest by acquiring,
holding, maintaining and licensing intellectual property and other property
used in connection with the Internet standards process and its
administration, for the advancement of the science and technology associated
with the Internet and related technology. |
|
Member |
IETF
Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) The IAOC carries out the responsibilities of the IETF Administrative
Support Activity. |
|
Board of Advisors |
Sigma
Systems, Toronto, Canada Sigma Systems is a leader in Operations Support Systems (OSS) for the
communications industry. |
|
Board of Advisors |
Dexrex
LLC, Amherst, MA Dexrex is a startup in the compliance, instant messaging, and social
networking space. |
|
Lead Mentor |
MIT
Venture Mentor Service, Cambridge, MA Using mobile phone to collect user behavior; high-quality image
processing for mobile phones; location-based services; 3D user interface
devices; HVAC optimization |
|
Board of Advisors |
AGNITY, Freemont, CA AGNITY provides consulting services for telecommunications service
providers who are making the transition to IMS and SDPs. AGNITY purchased the
BayPackets group from GENBAND. |
|
Board of Advisors 2000
- present |
Mobera
Systems,
Milpitas, CA Mobera is a core product
development corporation with facilities in Chandigarh, India focused on the
telecom, life sciences, and logistics industries, as well as assisting
venture capital firms with identifying promising technologies and teams. |
|
Chairman Emeritus, Director 2003
- 2011 |
SIP Forum The SIP Forum is dedicated
to promoting the use of the SIP protocol, by working with industry, academia,
and the IETF. Board member since 2003.
Elected Chair 2007. Chairman Emeritus since 2010. |
|
Advisor |
PC-NG,
Cambridge, MA |
|
Advisory Board |
Voice
Over IP Forum of Japan, Tokyo, Japan The VFJ is dedicated to the promotion of VoIP in
the Japanese market. |
|
Board of Directors and VP Asia 2002 - 2007 |
IMS Forum The IMS Forum is the
premier organization dedicated to advancing the state of the art in packet
telephony technology and implementation. This is the successor organization
to the International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC) and the
International Softswitch Consortium (ISC). |
|
Board of Directors 2000
- 2004 |
Information
Appliances International, Falls Church, VA IIA manufactured equipment and systems for the
PDA’s and wireless devices. |
|
Board of Advisors 1999
- 2000 |
Vivexchange.com, Milpitas, CA A B2B e-commerce company; sold to Commerce One.
Recouped 100% of equity, a major feat at the end of 2000. |
|
Research
Professor Computer Science |
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
(Department of Computer Science) Full faculty rank
professor. Research: networking theory, protocol design, secure
communications, and policy aspects of communications |
|
Adjunct Professor Computer Science |
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
(Department of Computer Science) Operating Systems
(COSC 374) |
|
Adjunct Professor Computer Science |
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (Computer Science Department) |
|
Lecturer Information Systems |
The George Washington
University, Washington, DC
(Fac. CCEW) Software Quality Assurance (CWIS 704),
Relational Data Base Theory (CWIS 702), Software Engineering (IS 703),
Cooperative Application Development, Programming (C) |
|
Ph.D. |
Illinois Institute of
Technology, Chicago, IL Graduated with Highest Honors (4.0 GPA).
Recipient IIT Exemplary Research Award.
Research topics: high-performance, real-time network protocols,
high-performance Internet infrastructure, distributed systems, advanced
full-text search. Thesis: Ubiquitous
Remote Control of Household Devices. Thesis Advisor: Ophir Frieder |
|
M.B.A. |
Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven,
Belgium |
|
Doctorate
in Education |
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Recipient
Fellowship from the Commonwealth of Virginia. 4.0/4.0 GPA. Research
topics: Web-based distance learning, success factors in Web-based
collaborative projects, next generation HTTP, XML, and e-commerce. |
|
S.B. |
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA Minor: Music. Concentration: Semiconductor Physics. Recipient of a
graduate research assistantship as an undergraduate (worked in the Sub-Micron
Structures Laboratory). Thesis: MOS Simulation Techniques Thesis Advisor: Chris Terman Academic Advisor: L. Rafael Reif |
|
(no
degree) |
The
Juilliard School PCD, New
York, NY |
·
Burger, E. and Frieder, O.: Remote control of device by telephone or
other communication devices, US 7,885,272, 2011
· Burger, E. and Frieder, O.:
System and Method for Providing User Input Information to Multiple Independent,
Concurrent Applications, US 7,406,696, 2008
· Burger, E., Hughes, J., and
Penny, D.: Low Latency Packet Processor, US 7,330,900, 2008
· Burger, E. and Van Dyke, J.:
Universal Voice Browser Framework, US 7,149,287, 2006
· Burger, E.: System and
Method for Performing Signaling-Plan-Specific Call Progress Analysis, US 7,139,380, 2006
· Burger, E. and Womer, M.:
Cache for Large-Object Real-Time Latency Elimination, US 6,988,169, 2006
· Burger, E., O’Connor, W.,
Spitzer, A., and Wessler, B.: Network-Based Disc Redundancy Storage System and
Method, US 6,779,082, 2004
· Burger, E., Kimball, J.,
O'Connor, W., Taylor, N., Parikh, S., Pax, C.: System And Method For Locating
Subscribers Using A Best Guess Location Algorithm With Enhanced Location
Determination, US 6,678,366,
2004
· Burger, E. and Spitzer, A.:
Distributed Telephony Resource Management Method, US 6,477,172, 2002
· Parikh, S., and Burger, E.:
System And Method For Call Management With Voice Channel Conservation, US 6,408,177, 2002
· Nestoriak III, J. and
Burger, E.: Enhanced Telephone Service System with Secure System and Method for
E-Mail Address Registration, US
6,353,852, 2002
· Burger, E. and Kimball, J.:
Voice Call Processing Methods, US
6,353,660, 2002
· Shankarappa, V., Burger, E.,
and Nestoriak, J.: Service Platform With Secure System And Method For
Subscriber Profile Customization, US
6,266,690, 2001
· Burger, E. and Frieder, O.:
Remote Control of Device by Telephone or Other Communication Devices, US20060039389
· Robbins, K. and Burger, E.:
Controlling an Output While Receiving a User Input, US20060247927
· Filreis, J. and Burger, E.:
Facsimile Transmission Authentication, US20080016356
· Filreis, J. and Burger, E.: System
and Method For Authentication of Transformed Documents, US20080016358
· Burger, E. and Frieder, O.:
System and Method for Providing User Input Information to Multiple Independent,
Concurrent Applications, US20080107246
Other patents pending (not yet published by
the USPTO). Other patents issued worldwide.
· Gurbani, V.K., Burger, E., Anjali,
T., and Davids, C., SIP CLF: A Common Log Format (CLF) for the Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP), in Proceedings
of the Usenix Workshop on Managing Systems via Log Analysis and Machine
Learning Techniques (SLAML), October 3, 2010.
· Burger, E., Ubiquitous Reach and Remote Control Of Devices: Introducing KPML - A
Protocol for Efficient Interaction with Devices, VDM Verlag, ISBN 978-3836486460, October 2008. [Monograph]
· Burger, E., Chairman’s Summary
of the First SIP Forum SIP Interoperability Workshop, SFSIW-1, http://www.sipforum.org/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,150/Itemid,261/,
June 2008.
· Burger, E., Frieder, O., Efficient Residential Consumer Device Interaction With
Network Services, IEEE Transactions on
Consumer Electronics, (53) 1, February 2007, pp. 100-107. [Journal]
· Burger, E., Frieder, O., A Novel System for Remote Control of Household Devices
Using Digital IP Phones, IEEE
Transactions on Consumer Electronics, (52) 2, May 2006, pp. 575-582. [Journal]
· Chowdhury, A., Frieder, O., Burger, E., Grossman, D.,
and Makki, K., “Dynamic Routing System (DRS): Fault tolerance in network routing”, Computer
Networks and ISDN Systems (31) 1-2, 1999, pp. 87-97. [Journal]
· Burger, E., A New Interprovider Interconnect Technology
for Multimedia Networks, IEEE
Communications Magazine, (43) 6, June 2005, pp. 147-151.
· Burger, E., Frieder, O., Efficient Residential Consumer Device Interaction With
Network Services, 2007 International
Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2007), January 2007, pp. 50-51.
· Burger, E., Frieder, O., A Novel System for Remote Control of Household Devices
Using Digital IP Phones, 2006
International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2006), January 2006,
pp. 183-184.
· Burger, E., Frieder, O., Network Traffic Reduction for Transport of User
Signaling Information, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking
Conference (CCNC 2006), January 2006, pp. 1057-1062.
· Chowdhury, A., Burger, E., Grossman, D., and Frieder,
O.: DRS: A Fault Tolerant Network Routing System for Mission Critical
Distributed Applications, Proceedings
6th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks,
August 1997, pp. 106-113. [Nominated for Best Paper]
· Burger, E.: Multinational Issues in R&D
Management, Technology Management: the
New International Language, October 1991, p. 184.
· Burger, E.: The Use of Unix Software Tools for
Automatic Program Generation, Proc. 1st
Sun Expo, March 1990.
· Burger, E. and Dedene, G.: Economics of Point
Acceleration, Proceedings 1st
European Design Automation Conference, February 1990, pp. 424-428.
· Orhtman, Jr., F.: Softswitch: Architecture for VoIP,
McGraw-Hill, 2003. [Monograph; Technical Editor]
· Burger, E.: Program
Construction in the UNIX Environment, The George Washington University,
1994. [Textbook]
· Burger, E.: UNIX
System Calls and Inter–Process Communication, The George Washington
University, 1994. [Textbook]
My Erdös number is 3 (Ophir FriederÞFrank
HararyÞPaul Erdös)
· Housley, R., Crocker, D., and Burger, E., Reducing
the Standards Track to Two Maturity Levels, RFC 6410 (BCP 9), IETF, October 2011.
· Holmberg, C., Burger, E., and Kaplan, H., Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP) INFO Method and Package Framework, RFC 6086, IETF, January 2011.
· Seedorf, J. and Burger, E., Application-Layer
Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Problem Statement, RFC 5693, IETF, October 2009.
· Burger, E. and Parsons, G., LEMONADE Architecture -
Supporting Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Mobile Email (MEM) Using Internet Mail, RFC 5442, IETF, March 2009.
· Burger, E. and Khartabil, H., Instant Message
Disposition Notification (IMDN),
RFC 5438, IETF, February 2009.
· Media Server
Control Using the IP Multimedia (IM) Core Network (CN) Subsystem, 3GPP TR 24.880, June 2008.
· Burger, E., WITHIN Search Extension to the IMAP
Protocol, RFC 5032, IETF, September
2007.
· Burger, E. (Ed.), Van Dyke, J., and Spitzer, A., Media
Server Control Markup Language (MSCML) and Protocol, RFC 5022, IETF, September 2007.
· Burger, E. and Dolly, M., A Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP) Event Package for Key Press Stimulus (KPML), RFC 4730, IETF, November 2006.
· Burger, E. (Ed.), Van Dyke, J., and Spitzer, A., Media
Server Control Markup Language (MSCML) and Protocol, RFC 4722, IETF, October 2006.
· Burger, E., A Mechanism for Content Indirection in
SIP Messages, RFC 4483, IETF, April
2006.
· Burger, E. (Ed.), Van Dyke, J., and Spitzer, A., Basic
Network Media Services with SIP,
RFC 4240, IETF, December 2005.
· Camarillo, G., Burger,
E., Schulzrinne, H., and van Wijk, A., Transcoding Services
Invocation in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Using Third Party Call
Control (3pcc), RFC 4117, IETF, June 2005.
· Barbir, A., Burger,
E., Chen, R., McHenry, S., Orman, H., and Penno, R., Open Pluggable
Edge Services (OPES) Use Cases and Deployment Scenarios, RFC 3752, IETF,
April 2004.
· Burger, E., Critical Content Multi-purpose Internet Mail
Extensions (MIME) Parameter, RFC
3459, IETF, January 2003.
· Burger, E., Candell, E., Eliot,
C., and Klyne, G., Message Context for Internet Mail, RFC 3458, IETF, January 2003.
· D. Burnett et al., Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0, W3C, March
2004.
· RJ Auburn et al., Call
Control Markup Language (CCXML) Version 1.0, W3C, June 2005.
Chair, FCC Spectrum Policy,
IEEE-USA Letter to Chairman Genachowski, IEEE-USA 2011
Contributor, Comments on ANPRM HHS 2011-18792: Human Subjects Research, US-ACM and IEEE-USA 2011, http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/ccp/documents/JointCommentswithUSACMonHumanSubjects.pdf
Contributor
and Chair, Network Traffic Management And The Evolving Internet,
IEEE-USA 2010, http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/ccp/docs/NTM-whitepaper.pdf
Lead author, Voice over Internet Protocol, IEEE-USA 2010, http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/positions/VOIP.pdf
Lead author, Next Generation
Internet: IPv4 Address Exhaustion, Mitigation Strategies and Implications for
the U.S., IEEE-USA 2009,
http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/ccp/documents/IPv6FinalwhitepaperFinalAugust2009.pdf
Lead
author, Encryption Policy, IEEE-USA, 2008, http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/positions/encryptionpolicy.pdf
Contributor,
Why Broadband Matters, IEEE-USA statement to US Senate Commerce, Science
and Transportation Committee, 2008
Member (1984), Senior Member (2000), Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE).
·
Vice Chair (2009), Chair (2010-2011), IEEE-USA Committee on Communications Policy
·
Member (2010-present),
IEEE-USA Government Relations Council
·
Member, IEEE-USA Committee on Communications and Information Policy
(2005-2008)
·
Vice Chair, New Hampshire Section of IEEE (2009)
·
Executive Committee Member, New Hampshire Section of IEEE (2008-2009)
·
Technical Program Committee
o First IEEE International
Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm 2010)
o Principles, Systems and
Applications of IP Telecommunications (IPTComm, Chair, Ind. Track 2011)
·
Steering Committee Member
o IEEE International
Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services And Technologies
(NGMAST) (2007-2009)
o Boston Section IEEE/CS
(2001-2004)
·
Executive Committee Member and Chapter Liaison, Northern Virginia
Section of IEEE (2000).
·
Participant in the SET/IEEE Congressional Visits Day, 2000, 2005, 2007,
2008.
·
Invited speaker for Northern Virginia Communications Society and Joint
Greater Boston Area IEEE Computer Society / Greater Boston Chapter ACM.
·
IEEE Mentor
Member (1976), Senior Member (2006), Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM).
·
Technical Program Committee
o ACM Middleware for
Next-generation Converged Networks and Applications (MNCNA) 2007
o ACM Conference on
Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) 2008
·
ACM Mentor
·
ACM Professional Development Seminar Lecturer
o Distributed, Scalable Application
Architectures and Future Technologies (1998)
Member and Patron (2006 - present), American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS)
Advisory Committee Member and Patron (2000 -
present), The Internet Society
(ISOC).
Advisory Committee Representative (2000-2006), The World-Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Academic Member (2003-2006), Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
Member (1999), Association
for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Charter Member (2005) Teksia
Technical Committees:
·
Chair,
IETF SPEECHSC Work Group (Speech Services Control)
·
Chair, IETF MEDIACTRL Work Group
(Media Server Control)
·
Director, IETF Applications Area
Review Committee – retired
·
Chair,
IETF LEMONADE Work Group (Mobile and Unified Messaging) – concluded
·
W3C Voice Browser Work Group (VoiceXML, CCXML), Multimodal Interaction
Work Group
·
IEEE POSIX Standards Group (P1003)
·
ITU-T SG-D
Reviewer for:
·
International Journal of
Technology Management
·
IEEE Software
Lead Mentor, MIT Venture Mentoring Service http://web.mit.edu/vms/
Advisor, MIT Institute Career Assistance Network http://alum.mit.edu/cs/ican/
Finalist, CTO
of the Year (2006), Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council.
Ingineur Degree conferred by the Belgian Ministry of
Education (Equivalent to P.E. License in U.S.).
GAP International Executive Challenge Course (2000).
Sunday School Teacher, Beth Chaverim Reform
Congregation (2010 – 2011)
Executive Board, Congregation Betenu (2006 – 2008):
Took organization from chronic deficits (the board was considering mortgaging
the building to raise operating cash) to running a surplus.
Technology Advisor, Brooksfield School (1997 – 2000)
Native-born United States citizen with full right-to-work; clearable but no active clearance
Belgian work permit of unlimited duration (Equivalent to Green Card in U.S.)
Multiple-entry business visa (F) for People’s Republic of China (expires 2012)
Multiple-entry business visa (C-2) for South Korea (expires 2012)
FAA Private Pilot Single Engine Land Certificate
with Instrument Rating
FCC GMRS License (Expires 2013) and Restricted
Radiotelephone Operator Permit
USSF National Youth Coaching License and USSF Grade
8 Referee
McLean Youth Soccer Coach of the Year
Current AHA First Aid and Adult, Child, & Infant
CPR w/ AED certification (expires 2013)
Discovered distance running twenty years after I
thought I was a sprinter.
Sometime manage to find time to go skiing and play
some soccer.
Novice Kung-Fu (Jow Ga) and Qi Gong (Wu Ming and
Spring Forrest)
EA, FC,
MM Sharon #327 VA.
Like to take astrophotos with my children.