DAVID H. CROCKER
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`+1. 408. 246 82.53
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`dcrocker@,bbiw.net
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`www.bbiw.net
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`Extensive management, marketing, design and development experience for Intemet-related businesses. Emphasis
`on innovative opportunities and aggressive delivery schedules. Orientation towards program and project
`management, business and marketing analysis, and operations and customer support. Primary contributions in
`development of large-scale distributed architectures, communication protocol standards, electronic mail systems
`and human usability.
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`Principal, Brandenburg lntemetWorking, 1991 - Present
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`Experience
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`.3. Consultancy specialized in guiding the design of distributed information technologies, products and
`businesses, from planning through development and evolution; emphasis on inter-working with existing
`and competitive services, and focusing on using intranets and the Internet
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`Participate in planning, funding and development of Internet startup businesses and products
`.3. Founded:
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`Portola Communications, producing email server technology; purchased by Netscape
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`> Boldfish, producing software and service for subscription bulk mail sending and tracking
`> TribalWise, producing knowledge management software for escalated product support
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`Internet Mail Consortium, an industry trade association
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`v Assist in development of intellectual property claims and serve as expert witness
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`Assisted specification of DMARC and DKIM.
`Lead email anti-abuse (spam, phishing) efforts based on authenticated trust services
`Created specification to support of multi-homed or mobile Internet hosts
`Led standards effort for facsimile and EDI over the Internet
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`Planned administrative enhancements to Internet domain name system
`Created business and functional analysis of mass-market advanced electronic mail service
`Specified extensions to Internet email and information services
`Designed transport-independent deferred-attachment API
`Designed TCP/IP network over ATM-based interactive cable television service
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`oz. Recent advisory roles
`Prooioint, Goodmail Systems, Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group
`Trusted Domain Project, board member
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`Manager, Network Systems Lab, Digital Equipment Corp., 1989 - 1991
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`.3. Created strategic technology-transfer group to assist corporate efforts with TCP/IP. Developed early
`intemetworking firewall, router and network management products
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`Vice President, Engineering, The Wollongong Group, Inc., 1987 - 1989
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`oz. Led product development across 9 product lines — end-user and OEM software, including complete TCP/IP
`stack, ISO-OSI stack, SNMP-based network management station and TCP/OSI transition
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`Managed team of 50 for
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`engineering, configuration management, project support, and IT services
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`v Created pattern of meeting delivery schedules, with individual accountability and reward
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`Groupon, Inc.
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`Groupon, Inc.
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`Development Manager, Ungermann-Bass, Inc., 1985 - 1987
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`.3. Delivered initial suite of TCP/IP hardware products
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`.3. Project managed LAN/X25 gateway; re-oriented program to make on-schedule delivery
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`Director, System Development, MCI Digital lnforrnation Services Corp., 1983 - 1985
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`.z. Created application, directory and data processing components for MCI Mail, a national email service.
`Developed interactive, remote-batch and Telex access for 140,000 users, as well as hardcopy output with
`letterhead and signature graphics, and access for communicating word processors
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`.3. Led design activities, integrating range of platforms. Interfaced with departments and major sales contacts
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`Co-Principal Investigator, Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Delaware, 1978 - 1982
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`oz. Developed Unix-based distributed facility for relaying mail among architecturally heterogeneous networks,
`which served as an exemplar for now-classic email UA/MTA architecture
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`.3. Operated mail relay service for the Army Materiel Command and NSF's CSNet, precursor to NSFNet
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`Researcher, The RAND Corporation, 1975 -1978
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`oz. Developed early Unix-based email user and transport software system
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`Professional
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`.3. Member, IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) and IETF Trust (201 1-present)
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`v IEEE Internet Award - 2004 co-recipient, for contributions to email.
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`z. Participant in Internet standards efforts, including electronic mail, domain name system and transport
`standards. Led effort to standardize facsimile over Internet and electronic data interchange (EDI) over the
`Internet. Area director for Internet Engineering Task Force (1989-1993) providing long-term technical
`management for TCP/IP Internet network management, standards process management and service
`applications (middleware).
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`v Program committee chair/member for Conference on Email and Anti-Spam; Interop
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`Session chair and presenter at conferences, including MAAWG, IFIP Itrust, N+I Interop, Electronic
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`Messaging Association, APRICOT, RIPE, EMail World and Unix Expo.
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`v Presenter of numerous classes on the Internet, TCP/[P and open systems networking
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`v Author of book chapters, magazine articles, presentations and specifications on open systems networking,
`standards, electronic mail and electronic commerce
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`v Chaired Silicon Valley—Public Access Link, a non-profit ISP for the under-served.
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`Education
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`.3. Doctoral Program, Univ. of Delaware, Computer Science, Sept. 78—Dec. 82.
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`oz. M.A., Annenberg School, USC; Communication. 1977
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`Personal
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`.3. B.A., UCLA; Psychology. 1975.
`Publications and Presentations
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`See: bbiw.net/musings.html
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`.3. Association of Computing Machinery
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`Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers, Senior Member
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