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Line 22: − Dr. Crocker has been involved in the Internet since its inception. In the late 1960's and early 1970's, while he was a graduate student at UCLA, he was part of the team that developed the protocols for the [[Arpanet]] and laid the foundation for today's Internet. He organized the [[Network Working Group]], which was the forerunner of the modern [[Internet Engineering Task Force]] and initiated the Request for Comment (RFC) series of notes through which protocol designs are documented and shared. He remained active in the Internet standards work through the [[IETF]] and [[IAB]]. For this work, Dr. Crocker was awarded the 2002 [[IEEE]] Internet Award.+
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'''Dr. Crocker''' is the Co-Founder and CEO of [[Shinkuro]], Inc., the current Vice-Chair of the [[ICANN Board]], an Internet pioneer, an early leader of [[ISOC]] and the [[IETF]], and the creator of the [[RFC]] document series.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm ICANN.org]</ref><ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1 tools.ietf.org]</ref>
'''Dr. Crocker''' is the Co-Founder and CEO of [[Shinkuro]], Inc., the current Vice-Chair of the [[ICANN Board]], an Internet pioneer, an early leader of [[ISOC]] and the [[IETF]], and the creator of the [[RFC]] document series.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm ICANN.org]</ref><ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1 tools.ietf.org]</ref>
==Internet Pioneer==
==Internet Pioneer==
Steve Crocker was a graduate student at UCLA in the late 1960s and early 70s, and along with [[Vinton Cerf]], was part of the team that developed the protocols for the [[ARPAnet]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm ICANN.org]</ref>
==Current Work==
==ICANN==
==ICANN==
Dr. Crocker is CEO and co-founder of [[Shinkuro]], Inc., a start up company focused on dynamic sharing of information across the Internet. He is also on the board of [[ISOC|The Internet Society]] and he is a volunteer Senior Counselor in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer in the District of Columbia, focusing on the District's creation of a new technology magnet high school.
Dr. Crocker is CEO and co-founder of [[Shinkuro]], Inc., a start up company focused on dynamic sharing of information across the Internet. He is also on the board of [[ISOC|The Internet Society]] and he is a volunteer Senior Counselor in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer in the District of Columbia, focusing on the District's creation of a new technology magnet high school.
He organized the [[Network Working Group]], which was the forerunner of the modern [[Internet Engineering Task Force]] and initiated the Request for Comment (RFC) series of notes through which protocol designs are documented and shared. He remained active in the Internet standards work through the [[IETF]] and [[IAB]]. For this work, Dr. Crocker was awarded the 2002 [[IEEE]] Internet Award.
Dr. Crocker's experience includes research management at [[DARPA]], USC/ISI and The Aerospace Corporation, vice president of Trusted Information Systems, and co-founder of [[CyberCash]], Inc. and [[Longitude Systems]], Inc.
Dr. Crocker's experience includes research management at [[DARPA]], USC/ISI and The Aerospace Corporation, vice president of Trusted Information Systems, and co-founder of [[CyberCash]], Inc. and [[Longitude Systems]], Inc.