Richard Bennett
Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Post-Graduate, Data Communications 1977-01-01 - 1979-01-01
The University of Texas at Austin
Postgraduate, Philosophy and Computer Science 1968-09-01 - 1977-06-01
The University of Texas at Austin
BA, Philosophy 1968-01-01 - 1975-01-01Work Experience
High Tech Forum
Current
High Tech Forum
Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group, Inc.
Current
Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group, Inc.
Infocomm Media Development Authority
Current
Infocomm Media Development Authority
American Enterprise Institute
2013-11-01 - 2016-06-01
American Enterprise Institute
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
2009-04-01 - 2013-09-01
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Actiontec Electronics
2007-12-01 - 2009-04-01
Actiontec Electronics
Comment Now
2005-10-01 - 2007-12-01
Comment Now
Intel Corporation
2005-07-01 - 2005-12-01
Intel Corporation
SHARP Laboratories of America
2003-08-01 - 2005-07-01
SHARP Laboratories of America
Airgo Networks
2001-10-01 - 2002-08-01
Airgo Networks
Skills
Summary
Consultant, speaker, policy expert, expert witness, and network architect working in the field of Mobile Internet development, the traditional Internet, network protocols, and network-related public policy. Keynote speaker at the 21st Ukraine IPR Summit in Yalta (2013,) Caribbean Telecom Union's 9th Strategic Summit in Barbados (Dec. 2011,) the Australian Telecom Users' Group convention in Sydney (April 2011) and the FutureNet conference (2010) in Boston. Counsel lawmakers, regulators, legislative and administration staff, and other policy makers in the U. S. and around the world on Mobile Internet, Traditional Internet, telecom, and spectrum issues. Member of Singapore's Economist and Regulatory Advisory Board and BITAG Technical Working Group. Testified before the House Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation on Spectrum, the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet on Communications Privacy, and the FCC's Comcast Inquiry. Speak at such gatherings as TPRC, State of the Net, eComm, SuperNova, MAAWG, NATOA, and policy conferences in the US, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean and guest lecture university classes on Internet Policy. Published Op-Eds in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Times, and the San Jose Mercury News and write reports and book chapters on tech policy. Formerly wrote an opinion column for The Register. Extensive engineering experience in audio/video streaming and data applications for LANs, WLANs, and the Internet. Expertise in video over wireless, voice over IP, and Internet protocols for the present and the future. Co-leader of the first IEEE 802.3 standard for Ethernet over UTP, co-founder of the Open Token Foundation, creator of the protocol that the IEEE 802.11 wireless MAC is based on, designer of the HP video server API, designer of MBOA's distributed reservation protocol for UWB networks, etc. Writer of software, patents, white papers, and analyses, and network policy wonk.
