Vint Cerf

person (Vinton G. Cerf) The co-inventor with Bob Kahn of

the Internet and its base protocol, TCP/IP. Like JonPostel, he was crucial in the development of many

higher-level protocols, and has written several dozen RFCs

since the late 1960s.

Vinton Cerf is senior vice president of Internet Architecture

and Technology for MCI WorldCom. His team of architects and

engineers design advanced Internet frameworks for delivering a

combination of data, information, voice and video services for

business and consumer use.

In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S.

National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his partner, Robert

E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet.

Prior to rejoining MCI in 1994, Cerf was vice president of the

Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI). As vice

president of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982-1986,

he led the engineering of MCI Mail, the first commercial

e-mail service to be connected to the Internet.

During his tenure from 1976-1982 with the U.S. Department of

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cerf

played a key role leading the development of Internet and

Internet-related data packet and security technologies.

Cerf served as founding president of the Internet Society

from 1992-1995 and is currently chairman of the Board. Cerf

is a member of the U.S. Presidential Information Technology

Advisory Committee (PITAC) and the Advisory Committee for

Telecommunications (ACT) in Ireland.

Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in

connection with his work on the Internet. In December 1994,

People magazine identified Cerf as one of that year's "25 Most

Intriguing People."

In addition to his work on behalf of MCI and the Internet,

Cerf serves as technical advisor to production for "Gene

Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict," the number one

television show in first-run syndication. He also made a

special guest appearance in May 1998. Cerf also holds an

appointment as distinguished visiting scientist at the Jet

Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the design of an

interplanetary Internet.

Cerf holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from

Stanford University and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in

Computer Science from UCLA. He also holds honorary Doctorate

degrees from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,

Zurich; Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; University of

the Balearic Islands, Palma; Capitol College and Gettysburg

College.

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