User:David H Crocker

David H. Crocker is a principal with Brandenburg InternetWorking. He develops network-based applications businesses and designs system architectures for them. He worked in the ARPANet community during the 1970s, and led product development efforts during the 1980s. During the Internet bubble he founded several startup companies, serving as CEO for one. Over the years, Dave has developed and operated two national email services, designed two others, and was CEO of a community non-profit ISP. His senior management product efforts cover email clients and servers, core protocol stacks for TCP/IP and OSI, network management control stations, and knowledge management tools for product support. Dave has a B.A. in psychology from UCLA, M.A. from the Annenberg School of Communications at USC, and he studied computer science at the University of Delaware. He is a co-recipient of the 2004 IEEE Internet award for his work on email.

Dave has been leading and authoring Internet standards for thirty-five years, covering Internet mail, instant messaging, facsimile and EDI. He has also contributed to work on Internet security, ecommerce, domain name service, emergency services, and even some TCP and IP enhancements. He has authored 55 IETF Requests For Comments. Dave served as an Area Director for the Internet Engineering Task Force, variously overseeing network management, middleware and the IETF standards process.

Dave's recent efforts include work on the multiple email anti-abuse techniques of DKIM, CSV and BATV. He works with the MAAWG and CEAS anti-abuse aefforts, is a member of the ACM and a senior member of the IEEE.

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