Vinton Cerf was the co-creator of the protocols which became TCP/IP,
the standard for what is now called the Internet. Working for the
Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) from
1972 to 1982, Cerf, his partner, Robert E. Kahn, and a host of others
created the underlying protocols and architecture that would be used to
the present day in this vast worldwide network.
He has since worked for a number of companies, including MCI (later
MCI-Worldcom) and was the leading engineer in the creation of MCI Mail,
the first commercial email service connected to the Internet.
He has received the U.S. National Medal of Technology and a large host
of other awards and accolades for his decades of technical work.
Dr. Cerf is the chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN) and founded the Internet Society, an industry
working group for Internet standards and documents.
