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`DCrocker Resume
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`DAVID H. CROCKER
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`Extensive management, design and development experience for all aspects of Internet and
`distributed systems. 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 distributed
`architectures, communication protocol standards, electronic mail systems and user interfaces.
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`Principal, Brandenburg InternetWorking, 1991 - Present
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`Experience
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`Consultancy specialized in guiding the planning, development and use of distributed
`information products that work with existing and competitive services, and focusing on
`using intranets and the Internet.
`Participate in development of Internet startup business plans, pursuit of funding and
`execution of business and technical plan.
`Assist in development of intellectual property claims and serve as expert witness in IPR
`disputes.
`Founded TribalWise, a software startup producing tools for senior customer support staff;
`founded Portola Communications, an email server startup eventually purchased by Netscape;
`assisted other startups through venture funding.
`Founded Internet Mail Consortium, an industry trade association
`Recent projects
`Leadership of standards effort for facsimile over the Internet
`Planning for administrative enhancements to Internet domain name system
`Leadership of standards effort for electronic data interchange (EDI) over the Internet
`Development of business and functional analysis of mass-market advanced electronic
`mail service
`Specification of extensions to Internet email and information services
`Design of transport-independent deferred-attachment API
`IP network design for contention-access ATM-based interactive cable television
`service
`Instigated design of new Internet Protocol for mass-market scaling while protecting the
`installed base of IP users (SIPP, IPv6)
`Participated in program planning for international conferences (Networld+Interop and
`Apricot)
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`Manager, Network Systems Laboratory, Digital Equipment Corp., 1989 - 1991
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`Created strategic technology-transfer group to assist corporate efforts with TCP/IP.
`Delivered early flexible internetworking firewall and router products and network
`management administration tool.
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`Vice President, Engineering, The Wollongong Group, Inc., 1987 - 1989
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`Responsible for all product development, guiding a broad range of end-user and OEM open
`systems software products, including complete TCP/IP Internet Protocol Suite, ISO-OSI
`suite, SNMP-based network management station and TCP/OSI transition products along 9
`separate sets of product lines.
`Responsible for staff of 50, providing software engineering, configuration management and
`project support, and corporate network and computing services. Created pattern of meeting
`delivery schedules, with individual accountability and reward.
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`Development Manager, Ungermann-Bass, Inc., 1985 - 1987
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`Delivered company's initial suite of TCP/IP software products, for PCs, terminal
`concentrators and internetwork routers. Developed technical tutorial that was published.
`Responsible for business and project management of an advanced LAN/X.25 gateway;
`reoriented program to make on-schedule delivery .
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`Director, System Development, MCI Digital Information Services Corp., 1983 - 1985
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`Met extremely aggressive development schedule, creating application, directory and data
`processing components for MCI Mail, a unique, $50 million, distributed national electronic
`mail service. Developed interactive and remote batch access for 140,000 users, including
`delivery for Telex inbound and outbound, as well as hardcopy with letterhead and signature
`graphics, and access for communicating word processors. Promoted to be responsible for
`overall system development.
`Led design activities, integrating range of platforms. Interfaced with other departments and
`major sales contacts. Administrative responsibility for management staff of 10; contractual
`responsibility for 50 professionals.
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`Co-Principal Investigator, Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Delaware, 1978 - 1982
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`Developed Unix-based distributed facility for relaying mail among architecturally
`heterogeneous networks. System was an exemplar for "UA/MTA" architecture of CCITT
`X.400 email standards.
`Operated national mail relay service for the Army and for NSF's CSNet, precursor to
`NSFNet.
`Authored various Internet protocol specifications, especially for electronic mail.
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`Professional Activities
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`Senior participant in Internet standards effort, 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).
`Session chair and presenter at conferences, including N+I Interop, Electronic Messaging
`Association, APRICOT, RIPE, EMail World and Unix Expo.
`Presenter of numerous classes on the Internet, TCP/IP and open systems networking
`Author of book chapters, magazine articles, presentations and specifications on open systems
`networking, standards, electronic mail and electronic commerce.
`Chaired, Silicon Valley–Public Access Link, a volunteer-run community information service
`provider; continue on its Board.
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`Education
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`Personal Data
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`Doctoral Program, Univ. of Delaware, Computer Science, Sept. 78–Dec. 82.
`M.A., Annenberg School, USC; Communication. 1977
`B.A., UCLA; Psychology. 1975.
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`Member
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`Association of Computing Machinery
`Senior Member, Institute of Electrical &
`Electronic Engineers
`IEEE Internet Award - 2004
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`Internet Society
`Independent Computer
`Consultants Assoc.
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